Search Engines

Ask.com UK 
http://uk.ask.com
General purpose search engine. Along with the search results this site also presents a selection of suggestions for narrowing or expanding the search.

Exalead
http://www.exalead.com/search
This search engine includes, within the "advanced search" option, the facility to search for phonetic or approximate spellings of words, as well as a comprehensive range of language and country options, and the option to sort results by date or relevance.

Google UK  
http://www.google.co.uk
Quick and simple search engine, with the options of searching the whole web or just UK sites. Useful for searching law and non-law subjects. Select "Advanced search" for a template-based expert search

Internet Search Engine Database 
http://www.isedb.com/
This site provides listings and reviews of search engines, information about searching the internet, and news about current developments in searching.

LawBot 
http://www.megalaw.com/
The ultimate legal search engine, LawBot is the only search engine built from the ground up to find law and only law, from MegaLaw.com, the Legal World Wide Web

MSN Search
http://www.live.com/?searchonly=true&mkt=en-US
A general purpose search engine from Microsoft. Advanced searches can be constructed via the Search Builder.

Yahoo! UK & Ireland: Search 
http://uk.search.yahoo.com/
This search engine can search UK or Irish sites, or the whole internet. Searches for news, images or businesses are available, and there is also a directory section, accessible from the search results screen.

Zapmeta
http://www.zapmeta.com/
A useful meta-search engine, which can search 10 of the most popular internet search engines and present the results in a single list.  The "advanced search" option allows searching to be restricted to a particular geographical region.  There is also a web directory section.