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It all depends on what your looking for.

The most general answer to this question is “search,” but there are as many types of search engines as there are questions.

To make things easier, here is a quick reference guide.

General Information - Wikipedia - The world’s largest community generated encyclopedia, and a great first stop.


More Resources

Photos - Flickr - Millions of photos, many of which are publicly licensed for reuse.

Videos - YouTube - Everyone’s favorite source for user submitted videos.

People - Spock - Whether you are looking for more information about Hulk Hogan or your next door neighbor, chances are you’ll be able to find something here.

Music - Last.fm - A huge index of music, discover new tracks or share some of yours with the
community.

Medical - PubMed - A government maintained directory of medical publications.

Business - LexisNexis - A great source of legal documents, business information and public records.

Shopping - NextTag - Find the cheapest prices with this comparison shopping service.

There are a world of other options for finding information on the web. All you have to do is search for them, good luck.

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