Philosophy
Do you use multiple Internet search engines? Something other than Google.
Yes...2
No...1
I suppose that Google is the most popular and offers a customized home page with personal goodies and visual themes. Google also offers an image search and maps. [So do other search engines.] I just don't like to put all my searching tools in one basket. Who knows, I have heard tales of Google's searching bias. Nevertheless, there are other general search engines and highly focused search engines.
General:
altavista
Ask
cuil
dogpile
WebCrawler
Yahoo
Specialized:
europeana
Google Books
Google Scholar
picsearch
science.gov
scirus
WorldWideScience
And also available is a browser plugin that probes deeper into web searches...
Surf Canyon browser plugin--tested
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Philosophy
"Internet search engines" poll
Do you use multiple Internet search engines? Something other than Google.
Yes...2
No...1
I suppose that Google is the most popular and offers a customized home page with personal goodies and visual themes. Google also offers an image search and maps. [So do other search engines.] I just don't like to put all my searching tools in one basket. Who knows, I have heard tales of Google's searching bias. Nevertheless, there are other general search engines and highly focused search engines.
General:
altavista
Ask
cuil
dogpile
WebCrawler
Yahoo
Specialized:
europeana
Google Books
Google Scholar
picsearch
science.gov
scirus
WorldWideScience
And also available is a browser plugin that probes deeper into web searches...
Surf Canyon browser plugin--tested
- "google Instant"...faster Than Superman?
Is this bit of technology really necessary? "Google Instant means search results before you finish typing" 'Streaming results' will save two to five seconds on every 25-second query, says search executive Marissa Mayer – but SEO people may...
- Surf Canyon Browser Plugin--tested
This morning I did some further testing of the Surf Canyon browser plugin to enhance search results on the Internet. I entered "mercury" looking for information on the element and a Google search yielded, in part,... # Mercury Vehicles 2009: View Mercury...
- Surf Canyon--enhanced Web Search
Stringer Tim brought this to my attention...Surf Canyon plugin for the common browsers that can potentially search deeper into the Web. I have not tried it. If you have, offer your opinion and its strengths and weaknesses. "Digging Deeper in Web Search"...
- "cuil" Again
Chris Wilson of Slate wrote: In a 1966 review of the new Random House Dictionary, Kurt Vonnegut wrote that the key to understanding a new dictionary was to "look up ain't and like." These two definitions are the quickest way, Vonnegut promises us,...
- "cuil" Challenges Google As A Search Engine
Competition is good for product development and service to customers [users in this case]. Google is being challenged by a new method for searching the Internet. "Ex-Google engineers debut 'Cuil' way to search" by Michael Liedtke July 28th, 2008...