Search Toolbars

There are a variety of ways you can search and navigate the web without first going directly to a search engine. Search toolbars provide direct access to search engines from within your browser, while meta search utilities make it easy to search more than one search engine at the same time. Search companions often help you "discover" information as you browse pages on the web.

Search Toolbars From Major Search Engines

AltaVista Toolbar

>> http://www.altavista.com/toolbar/default

Provides access to AltaVista web, news and multimedia search, page translation, term highlighting and pop-up blocking.

Ask Jeeves Toolbar

>> http://sp.ask.com/docs/toolbar/

In addition to searching Ask.com, the Jeeves toolbar lets you limit your search to news, dictionary, stock market, weather, events, maps, and the Ask Jeeves Kids web sites.

Dogpile Search Toolbar

>> http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/tbar/

Consolidates a variety of useful web and specialized searches into a single, easy to use interface.

Google Deskbar

>> http://toolbar.google.com/deskbar/

Provides the ability to search with Google from the taskbar within Windows. In other words, you can search without having to be in your browser.

Google Toolbar

>> http://toolbar.google.com

Special toolbar for Internet Explorer users that puts a Google search box right into your browser. In addition, you can use it to see the "PageRank" popularity score of any page you are viewing, search within the particular site you are viewing, see a previous of "cached" copy of any dead pages, find pages similar to the one you are viewing, block pop-ups and more. It loads within seconds and is well worth adding to your browser. Using the toolbar with PageRank enabled sends some information back to Google. If that concerns you, choose the "Install Without Advanced Features" option. Highly-recommended.

HotBot Quick Search Deskbar

>> http://www.hotbot.com/tools/

Provides instant access to HotBot and is jam-packed with other useful tools and goodies as well.

MSN Toolbar

>> http://toolbar.msn.com/

Provides the ability to search the web using MSN Search, perform site specific searches, term highlighting and pop-up blocking.

Teoma Search Bar

>> http://sp.ask.com/docs/teoma/toolbar/

Provides direct access to Teoma's search results, offers search term highlighting on the pages you visit, allows access to an online dictionary and provides the ability to email any web page you view.

Yahoo Companion

>> http://companion.yahoo.com/

Search Yahoo, access Yahoo Mail, check on stocks and more via a toolbar within your browser.