Google

Widely regarded as the No1 search engine. Now features ads so beware - the top listings and right of the page links may not be all they seem.

http://www.google.com

Alltheweb

An excellent crawler-based search engine. Provides comprehensive coverage of the web and outstanding relevancy. If you tried Google and didn't find it, this should probably be next on your list. For some it's already the first stop.

http://alltheweb.com

Vivisimo

A different type of search engine which is getting increasingly good reviews

http://vivisimo.com

Ask

For those who just like to ask questions in plain English. A lot of effort made here to make the answers similarly clear but they don't always come out that way.

http://www.ask.co.uk

BBC on-line

Vast, absolutely vast range of resources behind all the obvious TV and Radio stuff. Maybe not everyone's first thought as a 'search engine' but a search of the site may well prove worthwhile.

http://www.bbc.co.uk

Wikipedia

This is exactly what the web should be: links galore!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

BT Directory

The familiar 192 service but much improved on-line. You only need parts of names or places and get the address too

http://www.bt.com/directory-enquiries/dq_home.jsp .

BUBL UK: Newspapers

The description of this site as 'a directory of UK organisations and institutions' somehow doesn't seem to do justice to this site's impressive coverage. You want information. This site will help you find it. The link below takes you to one of the more useful sections: a listing of all our newspapers with direct links to their own sites.

http://bubl.ac.uk/uk/newspapers.htm

The Internet Public Library

The Internet Public Library is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information.

http://www.ipl.org/

Weather

This site has brilliant weather statistics from all over the world.

Current time and temperature where I live.