Untangling the Myriad Search Engine Relationships
...everything you need to know about who's providing results for whom!
– by Ginette Degner

Trying to unwind the interrelatedness between search engines, directories, and pay-per-clicks can be dizzying these days – beyond the patience of mere mortals. Therefore, we've decided to do the heavy-lifting so that you don't have to.

Presented neatly within this article – ordered alphabetically – is everything you need to know about who gets results from whom.

Important Note: The information herein is current as of January 29, 2004.

SE Relationships Breakdown by Search Engine

AllTheWeb

	Provides primary search results to:	Provides secondary search results to:	Provides directory results to:	Provides paid results to:
	alltheweb	hotbot lycos	none	none
	Receives primary search results from:	Receives secondary search results from:	Receives directory results from: