Search Engine Watch
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/

This area covers search engine registration and submission tips, such as using meta tags, improving placement and how to submit URLs. Learn how to search better and how major search engines work from a searcher's perspective. Find major search engines, meta search engines, news search engines and more.

Bare Bones 101: A Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web
http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/bones.html

So, you're still getting those 1,670,000+ responses to your search queries on the Web, and you're still too busy to do anything about it, like reading the lengthy, and sometimes confusing, "help" screens to find out how to improve your searching techniques. Look no further! Real help is here, in the USCB Library's BARE BONES Tutorial.

Types of Search Tools
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/ToolsTables.html

This site aims to provide a current, up-to-date remote and local learning resource for anyone interested in finding information on the World Wide Web; provide a platform for beginners to the Internet, the World Wide Web, and the Netscape browser; and recommend and explain effective, state-of-the-art search strategies applicable to any research interest.