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Below is the comparison chart of top 10 search engines. This chart shows different facts of each search engine. |
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Google |
Yahoo |
MSN |
Altavista |
All the Web (FAST) |
Exite |
AOL |
HotBot |
Lycos |
Ask (Teoma) |
| Type |
Index Search Engine |
Directory & Search Engine |
Search Engine |
Search Engine |
Search Engine |
Directory & Search Engine |
Search Engine |
Search Engine |
Search Engine |
Search Engine |
| Traffic(x000) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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| Spamming |
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| Meta Refreash |
NO |
N/A |
N/A |
YES |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Invisible Text |
N/A |
YES |
YES |
N/A |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Tiny Text |
YES |
N/A |
N/A |
YES |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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| Ranking |
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| Meta Tag Boost Ranking |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Link Popularity Boosts Ranking |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
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| Indexing |
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| Full Body Text |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Stop Words |
YES |
N/A |
N/A |
YES |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
NO |
| Meta Description |
Rarely Uses |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Meta Keywords |
NO |
N/A |
N/A |
NO |
NO |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
YES |
| Alt Text |
YES |
N/A |
N/A |
YES |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
YES |
| Stemming |
YES |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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| Crawling |
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| Deep Crawl |
YES |
N/A |
N/A |
NO |
YES |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
NO |
| Frames Support |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Image Maps |
NO |
N/A |
N/A |
YES |
NO |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Robots.txt |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Meta Robots Tag |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Link Popularity Helps Deep Crawl |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Paid Inclusion |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
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