What is Dogpile?
Dogpile is a metasearch engine website that aggregates results from leading search engines and delivers them to users in a single interface. It was launched in 1996 and is currently owned by InfoSpace. Dogpile sends search queries to Google, Yahoo!, Yandex, Baidu and other popular search engines, then compiles, de-duplicates and ranks the results into a single search feed.
Key features of Dogpile include:
- Metasearch - Dogpile leverages multiple search engines including Google, Yahoo, Bing and others to provide aggregated search results.
- Relevance ranking - Results are scored and ranked based on algorithms that determine relevance to the search query.
- Filtering - Results can be filtered by source website, file type, language, location and license.
- Previews - Mouse-over preview popups show snapshots of websites in the search results.
- Images - An image search engine is integrated alongside web search to find and display relevant images.
Overall, Dogpile aims to simplify searching across the major search engines and deliver fast, comprehensive results to users in a convenient single interface. For those looking to comparison shop search engines or double-check the top hits, it can provide added value.
Google Search, DuckDuckGo, Searx, YOU.com, Kagi Search, Startpage, Qwant, SearXNG, YaCy, Openverse, Brave Search, Ecosia, AltaVista, Private.sh, Dotmos, Kosmix, Volunia, Surf Canyon, FAROO are some alternatives to Dogpile.