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| Service What these numbers mean | Type of service | Product information | Business information | Technology information | Regional information | Hard-to-find information | Relevance average | Advanced relevance score | Ease of use | Dead links | Currency | Total |
| AltaVista www.altavista.com | Engine | 40 | 5 | 15 | 40 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 71 |
| Ask Jeeves www.ask.com | Directory | 40 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 13 | * | 8 | 15 | 0 | 36 |
| Dogpile www.dogpile.com | Metasearch | 25 | 40 | 40 | 25 | 0 | 26 | 34 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 82 |
| Excite www.excite.com | Directory | 25 | 0 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 21 | 26 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 69 |
| Fast www.alltheweb.com | Engine | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 32 | 40 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 109 |
| Google www.google.com | Engine | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 19 | 15 | 20 | 114 |
| HotBot www.hotbot.com | Metasearch | 15 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 27 | 35 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 87 |
| LookSmart www.looksmart.com | Directory | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 8 | * | 9 | 15 | 0 | 32 |
| Lycos www.lycos.com | Directory | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 32 | 40 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 103 |
| MetaCrawler www.metacrawler.com | Metasearch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 54 |
| Northern Light www.northernlight.com | Engine | 40 | 5 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 25 | 32 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 82 |
| Yahoo www.yahoo.com | Directory | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 25 | 37 | 37 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 98 |
* Service doesn't offer advanced search features