Search Engine Display Chart
This chart summarizes key features on how search engines display results.
| Search Engine |
Title Size |
If
No Title |
Summary Size |
Uses Meta Tag? |
Results At A Time |
Display Options |
| AltaVista |
78 |
Says "No title" |
150 |
Yes |
10 |
Standard,
Compact,
Text-Only |
| Excite |
70 |
Says "Untitled" |
395 |
Yes |
10, 20,
30, 40, 50 |
Summaries,
Titles only,
Sort by site |
| Google |
79 |
Lists URL |
130 - 140 |
No |
10, 30, 100 |
None |
| HotBot |
80 |
Lists URL |
170 - 250 |
Yes |
10, 25,
50, 100 |
Full
Brief
URLs only |
| Infoseek |
70 |
Uses first line on page |
170 - 240 |
Yes |
10, 20,
25, 50 |
Summaries,
Titles Only |
| Lycos |
80 |
Uses first line on page |
275 |
No |
10, 20,
30, 40 |
None |
| MSN Search |
115 |
? |
240 - 250 |
Yes |
10, 20, 50, 100 |
Full
Title only |
| Northern Light |
80 |
? |
150 - 200 |
No |
25 |
None |
Web
Crawler |
60 |
Lists URL |
395 |
Yes |
10, 25,100 |
Titles only,
Summaries |
AltaVista
|
AOL
|
Excite
|
HotBot
|
InfoSeek
|
Display Chart
Inktomi
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Lycos
|
MSN
|
WebCrawler
|
Ranking Tips Main
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