Web searching tools

WebFerret
License-freeware

Publisher: FerretSoft

Description
WebFerret provides a handy and efficient way to find information on the Web. Enter your search words and choose from four radio buttons: all keywords, any keyword, exact phrase, or boolean expression. WebFerret will use your Internet connection to query popular search engines and will return an unlimited number of hits. You can validate selected and filter results, save your search history. Advanced features let you set the closeness of the match and remove duplicates. The results are returned as a sortable list. Integrated with Internet Explorer. Just double-click on a link to bring up your browser and launch the page.
Note: This free software contains advertising technology that will occasionally use your Internet connection to receive and display banner ads.

For more info and free download go to developer site WebFerret

Copernic 2001 Basic
License-freeware

Publisher: Copernic Technologies

Description
Copernic 2001 is intelligent software that can search the Web, newsgroups, and e-mail simultaneously, using the best search engines on the Internet, such as AltaVista, FAST Search, HotBot, Lycos, MSN Search, Yahoo and over 80 of the best information sources on the Internet grouped into 7 categories, including The Web, Newsgroups, Buy Books, Hardware & Software. Program places the most relevant result at the top of report generated in seconds and free of duplicates allowing you to easily browse results and history of your searches. Special features for Internet Explorer include a replacement for IE's default search window or search bar that can be accessed directly from the browser toolbar. You can search using Copernic from any Web page within Internet Explorer 4.0 or later by highlighting a term and choosing a pop-up menu option. This program also provides quick access to an online translation service in order to translate any Web page or search result into any of seven languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish.

For more info and free download go to developer site Copernic