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The
Wayback Machine
Try the Wayback Machine, an archive of 10 billion
web pages going as far back as 1996 (more here).
Or within a Google search, click on "cached".
They also have an Advanced
Search - specify dates, make comparisons and more...
NB: If internal links in dead pages are archived, the link
will work.
Alexa
Toolbar
Free search toolbar for
Window with Internet Explorer (version 5.0 or newer). Download
/ learn more! This is how it looks:
- Web Search - uses Google
- Pop-Up Blocker
- Site
Info and Related Links - lots of information from Alexa
- Wayback
Machine - the only toolbar which offers this amazing tool - archives of web
sites
10 million users worldwide!
Google Toolbar
The Google Toolbar is available
free of charge and includes these great features: Google Search:
Access Google's search technology from any web page. Search Site:
Search only the pages of the site you're visiting. PageRank:
See Google's ranking of the current page. Page Info:
Access more information about a page including similar pages, pages that link
back to that page, as well as a cached snapshot. Highlight: Highlight
your search terms as they appear on the page; each word in its own color.
Word Find: Find your search terms wherever they appear on the page New
features are regularly added NOTE: Google collects
information through the toolbar when PageRank is enabled, but not if you've selected
"Install Without Advanced Features."
You can download it for Internet
Explorer or FireFox at http://toolbar.google.com/
- If you are upgrading, uninstall the old version first. |
- GGSearch - an alternative
tool for Google power searchers
More Search Engine Toolbars - Ask.com
- apart from being able to search the new and powerful Ask search engine, features
include a dictionary look-up, and a highlight button that will highlight your
search terms in six different colors as they appear on the page.
- Yahoo
Companion - like the other toolbars, plus it gives you quick access to your
Yahoo email and My Yahoo customized page.
- MSN
Toolbar - aclone of Google, only useful if you need quick access to MSN sites
like Hotmail
- Clusty
- clustered meta-search results, plus pop-up blocker and other features
- Groowe
ToolBar - searches all the top engines. It's similar to UltraBar, but with
lots of link buttons for each search site, and menus for directories.
Give it a go and see how it compares to UltraBar and Google.
More Useful Tools
- FirstStop
WebSearch - desktop, uses every engine except Google. Free evaluation version
- AgentLand
- have links to many more search tools
- SearchTools.com
- the premier site for these thingies
- Trellian
Toolbar - has lots of extras for users of their SEO and web authoring software
- Gophoria
- highlight any word or words on a web page, then click to do a Google search,
or to get dictionary or thesaurus definitions. SearchGoogle.service
does the same for Macs
- Bookmarklets
- a collection of javascript bookmarks that will search for a highlighted word
on the page
- Rocket Info - find
current news, blogs, rss feeds, books, market research, white papers and company
information. Free 30 day trial
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