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Publishes articles and news about pay per click search engines.
http://www.ppc-searchengines.info/

Comparison of selected search engines and directories by content and features.
http://www.infopeople.org/search/chart.html

Comparison of AltaVista, Excite, and Lycos.
http://www.asis.org/annual-96/ElectronicProceedings/chu.html

University librarian Laura Cohen gives advice in the format of "if you want A then choose B."
http://library.albany.edu/internet/choose.html

Ben Edelman evaluates DNS, Google, and RealNames for their respective accuracies in providing correct and relevant content. Research suggests that Google offers the highest accuracy.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/DNS-as-search/

Recommendations from the Library and Information Technology Association about which Web resources are most effective in producing authoritative results for information-seekers.
http://www.ala.org/ala/lita/lita...olkitforexpert/toolkitexpert.htm

An analysis of the search results for four sample searches.
http://www.socengine.com/seo/guide/msn-beta-vs-yahoo-google.html

As Microsoft enters the internet search engine market, the BBC compare five of the main providers: Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask Jeeves and A9.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4003193.stm

Contains reviews, interviews, and articles about the search engine industry with a focus on relevancy by Chris Fillius.
http://searchlounge.org

Provides unbranded search results from the top five search engines. You can then vote on the one you find the most relevant. All users' votes are aggregated and provided in a pie chart showing voting distribution after you vote.
http://www.searchenginechallenge.com

An analysis of the search results for four sample searches.
http://www.seomoz.org/articles/msn-beta-vs-yahoo-google.php