For searchers, key issues such as the value of the content, the ease of access, the authority of the information, and the possibility of more precise and current results are much more important than issues of categories and definitions. However, for more specific searches which are to cover a specific language, those pertaining to a subject matter which may be better reported by a localized website, or those indexing websites from a specific geographical origin, regional search engines may be the researcher’s best tool.

Listed here are search engines that specialize in either foreign language searches or geographically localized subject matter and origin.