Search Engine Relationship Chart
Below you will find a very useful search engine relationship table that goes through each search engine and shows who the owner is, who powers the engine, where they get their results (main, paid and PPC).
| Search Engine |
Owned By |
Main Results Provider |
Paid Results |
Directory Results |
PPC Results |
Toolbar |
| Alexa |
Amazon |
Google |
none |
Open Directory |
Google AdWords |
yes |
| AllTheWeb |
Yahoo! |
Yahoo! |
Yahoo! Search Submit |
none |
Yahoo/Overture |
no |
| AltaVista |
Yahoo! |
Yahoo! |
Yahoo! Search Submit |
none |
Yahoo/Overture |
yes |
| AOL Search |
AOL |
Google |
none |
Open Directory |
Google AdWords |
yes |
| DMOZ |
AOL |
none |
none |
Open Directory |
none |
no |
| Gigablast |
Gigablast |
Gigablasta |
none |
none |
none |
yes |
| Google |
Google |
Google |
none |
Open Directory |
Google AdWords |
yes |
| InfoSpace |
InfoSpace |
InfoSpace. Google, Teoma, Yahoo! |
InfoSpace, ah-ha (enhance) |
LookSmart, Open Directory |
Yahoo/Overture, Google AdWords |
yes |
| Inktomi |
Yahoo! |
Yahoo! |
Yahoo! Search Submit |
none |
none |
no |
| iWon |
ASK |
Teoma |
none |
Open Directory |
Google AdWords |
no |
| Lycos |
Lycos |
Yahoo!, Google, Teoma |
none |
none |
Google AdWords, Lycos InSite |
no |
| Netscape |
AOL |
Google |
none |
Open Directory |
Google AdWords |
no |
| Teoma |
Ask Jeeves |
Teoma |
none |
none |
Google AdWords |
yes |
| WiseNut |
LookSmart |
WiseNut |
none |
none |
LookListings |
no |
| Yahoo! |
Yahoo! |
Yahoo! |
Yahoo! Search Submit |
Yahoo! |
Yahoo/Overture |
yes |
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