Provider: Inktomi and the HotWired Network
Browsable index: No
Search capabilities: Yes
Item submission method: Robot, also takes human submissions
Editorial function: No
Annotated: Yes, from the page itself
Notable features: Size of the index
FAQ: Yes, for both on the home page under "Help."
HotBot claims to index more than 50 million documents at present. Through a forms based interface, it allows Boolean AND/OR/NOT and phrase searching. In "expert" mode, it also supports field searching by date, media type (audio, images, java, Acrobat, etc.), and geographic location. Items are returned in order of relevance, which is provided on a percentage basis.