ALTAVISTA
(DEC's engine with 1Gig of ram!)
Case Sensitive=Yes
Lending, lending, LendinG, Etc. are all different
Default
Operator=OR Asset Based is really Asset OR Based
Advanced Searches=Yes "Commercial Lending" for both words
Boolean Searches=Yes "Commercial Lending" AND ("Factoring" OR
"Leasing")
Support for + for include or - to exclude a word=Yes
Wildcards=Yes Asset Based Lend* returns Asset Based Lending,
Lenders
ASK JEEVES
Just use this plain
English Search Engine! You will probably say WOW! I'm
a diehard HotBot Fan and this Search Engine converted me to a new
favorite!
Excite (one of the best!)
Case Sensitive=No
Lending and lending are the same (use lower case)
Default
Operator=OR Asset Based is really Asset OR Based
Advanced
Searches=Yes "Commercial Lending" for both words
Boolean
Searches=Yes supports AND, OR, AND NOT and ( )
Support for +
for include or - to exclude a word=Yes
Wildcards=No
Google
Case Sensitive=No
Lending and lending are the same (use lower case)
Default
Operator=AND Asset Based is really Asset AND Based
Advanced
Searches=Yes "Commercial Lending" for both words
Boolean
Searches=Yes supports AND, OR, AND NOT and ( )
Support for +
for include or - to exclude a word=Yes
Quotes Around Words = Same
as + and - above
Wildcards=No
HotBot (some say its the
best)
Case Sensitive=No
Lending and lending are the same (use lower case)
Default
Operator=OR Asset Based is really Asset OR Based
Advanced
Searches=Yes Use the drop-down for And / OR (see below)
Boolean Searches=Yes Use Modify Button options for must / should /
must not
Support for + for include or - to exclude a word=Yes
Wildcards=No
Infoseek (still others
love this one)
Case Sensitive=No
Lending and lending are the same (use lowercase)
Default
Operator=AND Asset Based is really Asset Based
Advanced
Searches=Yes "Commercial Lending" for both words
Boolean
Searches=Some "Commercial Lending" + Factoring
Support for +
for include or - to exclude a word=Yes
Wildcards=No
LYCOS (nice and fast,
limited Boolean capabilities)
Case Sensitive=No
Lending and lending are the same (use lowercase)
Default
Operator=OR Asset Based is really Asset OR Based
Advanced
Searches=Yes "Commercial Lending" for both words
Boolean
Searches=Some (period after word) Commercial. Lending.
Support for to exclude a word=Yes but - only
Wildcards=Yes
Asset Based Lend$ returns Asset Based Lending, Lenders
Magellan (sites hand
picked by real live editors)
Case Sensitive=No
Lending and lending are the same (use lowercase)
Default
Operator=OR Asset Based is really Asset OR Based
Advanced
Searches=Yes "Commercial Lending" for both words
Boolean
Searches=Yes "Commercial Lending" AND ("Factoring" OR "Leasing")
Support for + for include or - to exclude a word=Yes
Wildcards=No
Northern Light (has
won several "Best of" awards)
Case Sensitive=Yes
Lending, lending, LendinG, Etc. are all different
Default
Operator=AND Asset Based is really Asset Based
Advanced
Searches=Yes "Commercial Lending" for both words
Boolean
Searches=Yes "Commercial Lending" AND ("Factoring" OR "Leasing")
Support for + for include or - to exclude a word=Yes
Wildcards=No
Open Text Index
Case Sensitive=No
Lending and lending are the same (use lowercase)
Default
Operator=AND Asset Based is really Asset Based
Advanced
Searches=Yes Commercial AND Lending NOT Factoring
Boolean
Searches=Yes Choices are made from a drop-down list
Support
for + for include or - to exclude a word=No
Wildcards=No
WebCrawler (easy and
fast)
Case Sensitive=No
Lending and lending are the same (use lowercase)
Default
Operator=OR Asset Based is really Asset OR Based
Advanced
Searches=Yes Commercial AND Lending for both words
Boolean
Searches=Yes "Commercial Lending" AND ("Factoring" OR "Leasing")
Support for + for include or - to exclude a word=No
Wildcards=No
YAHOO (its the original,
but its state-of-the-art too)
Case Sensitive=No
Lending and lending are the same (use lowercase)
Default
Operator=AND Asset Based is really Asset Based
Advanced
Searches=Yes See below
Boolean Searches=Yes Must select
"Options" button next to main screen input
Wildcards=Yes They
are automatic...Lend=Lend, Lender, Lending, Etc.