| Meta-search engines do not own a database of web pages. Meta-search engines transmit your search query to the databases maintained by top search engine companies. Search the search engines with the meta-search engines. When you enter a "search phrase" in a meta-search engine's search box, it transmits your "search phrase" simultaneously to several individual search engine databases. Examples of meta-search engines are MetaCrawler, IxQuick, Dogpile and Vivísimo |