Hotbot Search

Pros: Plethora of advanced search filters-- some are very good
Cons: Plethora of advanced search filters-- time needed to study them all

For most of my general purpose search engine needs, I use Google. However, for those times when Google doesn't do it for me, I use either a general purpose search engine with more advanced search filters, or I use a subject specific search engine when...

Pros: Advanced search features.
Cons: Too cumbersome to use.

I used to use this search engine exclusively.

Advanced.
I find the additional features offered in the Hotbot "advanced Search" intuitive and logical. If I am looking for something that has a critical phrase, or word combination...

Pros: More options than you can shake a monkey at
Cons: Slightly smaller database than AltaVista

I first found HotBot around '96 or so, when the e-world was young. Back then, it was generally accepted to be the best engine out there - still is in my humber opinion :)

HotBot used to be owned by New Media - the people behind Wired magazine,...

Pros: Neat logo, and that's about it!
Cons: Slow, confusing for beginners, and unreliable

When I was using a certain Georgia-based ISP, HotBot was (I believe) the defaulted search engine and it sucked. It rarely (about 15% of the time) gave me the URL address I was looking for and on top of that, it was slow. Slow as in "the whole...

Pros: Makes the complex search much easier
Cons: none

If you really want to find something, set the Hot Robot to work for you. The best thing about HotBot is that it can be easily customized. You want an image, then select image. You want an exact phrase search, just click on it.

You can...

Pros: Quick, usually finds 1-2 matches in a general search on the first page.
Cons: For more than 2 good matches for a specific topic, a general search won't work, use its subcategories.

The first search engine I always try first is Hotbot. Usually, it almost always finds at least one link on the very first result page that is related to a match that I am looking for. I find that after that, I can on average find about 2-3 more matches...

Pros: Fast, flexible, easy for new users.
Cons: None

Before anything else, I must say that I love the Hotbot logo. It looks like a little post-modern robot head. (Also like the fact that the Hotbot people saw fit to leave the industry-standard annoYing InterCaps out of their name.)

That out of...

Pros: Powerful advanced search, nice design, the results are decently relevant
Cons: Hidden advertising, the freshness of the database is not that great

Frankly, I still have no idea what the word 'hotbot' means or what it relates to, perhaps some Epinion members could enlighten me on that. But that did not stop me from using HotBot once in a while for my searches and there are several things that I like...

Pros: Easy to Use, Quality Sites, A Large Number of Sites in Database
Cons: None

When I first was connected to the internet, the problem of finding the right search engine was an elusive one. That is until I found Hotbot Search. Hotbot lets you narrow your search down tremendously, so that your search results will be what you want....

Pros: large database, powerful advanced search
Cons: too much reliance on popularity, bad changes to search algorithms

Two years ago HotBot was the best search engine on the Net. Unfortunately, the changes to its algorithms have decreased the quality of its results, as it has become more popular. However, it can still be a very useful tool if one knows how to get the...

Pros: Easy to Use, Helpful Criteria that narrows the search
Cons: I can't really find any cons about hotbot

In my opinion, I have tried alot of search engines, and one of the most productive and accurate was Hotbot. On hotbot, you not only enter keywords that you are looking for, but you can also narrow the search by checking the boxes marked photo etc which...

Pros: Find what you want fast and easy
Cons: none known

When I started looking for a search engine I surfed lots of places looking for a good or great search engine. I finally realized What it was Hot Bot. I surf between 50 to 90 hours a week and unless someone is going to pay me to use a search engine and a...

Pros: Easy to use
Cons: none

I love to use Hotbot Search. I have used several of the search engines out there. I can find almost anything I need using Hotbot Search. Most of time time I can enter a query on another site and I can't find what I am looking for. With...

Pros: good first couple of seaches
Cons: fast, reliability

Hotbot.com. certainly is a colorful search engine with its sickly green, brash red and dull black colors. It also indicates that it can provide you with up to 10,25,50 or even 100 results. Who on earth I wonder wants to actually plow through 100 search...

Pros: Absolutely Wonderful Flexibility of Searches
Cons: Sometimes Returns Porn Links

The Hotbot Search has been a favorite of mine for many years for many reasons. The main reason is that the Hotbot Search Engine has always been able to provide a more diverse supply of results than other search engines which I have used....

Pros: Excellent search options, blazing search speed, accurate results
Cons: An occasional dead link here and there, but that's to be expected

I've used HotBot for my search engine for many years now. I remember first reading about it in an issue of The Net magazine. Ever since then, I was hooked. I use it at least 10 times a day when I'm at work, and even when I'm at home. I find it the...

Pros: easy to use, many options, accurate, free
Cons: NONE

After using just about every search engine I finally found one that actually works. HotBot is easy to use and gives me everything I want. With just a few clicks you are on your way to finding what you need. Everything is explained for you and you...

Pros: Pages not cluttered, good quality links listed first in search results
Cons: A few broken links, but no more than other search sites

After being a writer on the web for almost three years, I have pretty much settled down to Hotbot as the first search engine I go to for information. I just type in http://www.hotbot.com and get a simple page with a search box and useful search options....

Pros: easy to use
Cons: must use quotes and adition sign to get results

Hotbot is another great search engine. This search engine has been around before the web exploded with tons of them. Though it is one of the top 40 search engines out there I rarely find myself using it.

Though when I do use Hotbot I find it...

Pros: excellent search options
Cons: may list too few at times

I started off browsing with Yahoo until I discovered this little search engine. Everything I needed was on the main search page. I didn't have to click on the "advance search" option. This alone interested me, as I was always trying to get...

Pros: unique search options, easy to use
Cons: lots of search options

Hotbot remains to be one of the best comprehensive free search engines available to world wide web users. Though it does contain the meat and potatoes that many other search engines have, Hotbot also contains some very unique and worth while search...

Pros: Very easy to use
Cons: None

If you are looking for a wonderful search engine than look no further...Hotbot is the best search engine I have ever used and I have tried them all. I have tried Yahoo, Spaniel, Lycos, Alto (or is this Alta?), AOL search, MSN search, and more.

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Pros: fast and thorough
Cons: none

I sometimes get tired of surfing through the Internet and looking for that information that I need. Usually, I just go to HotBot because I find it to be comprehensive compared to other search engines. It is fast so it doesn't take much of my time. I also...

Pros: Very detailed, lots of options.
Cons: Not for beginners, very unknown

This is the search engine to use. Sure, if you just want to find out what the website is for your kids school you can type in that school on Yahoo! or Altavista and it will give you the school's website address. But suppose you need to find a more...

Pros: Features for a search engine
Cons: None

Hotbot is definitely one of the best search engines on the web . It has so many features that most of the search engines on the net do not have . They allow for you to choose whether you want a search for all the words or just the exact phrase . They...

Pros: Easily customized search
Cons: Results may take a minute to load

Hotbot has definitely got to be one of the best search engines on the Internet. You can customize your search in so many ways: if you want it to match every word you type in, if you want to match the exact phrase, if you want to look for a person, or a...