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By: Ambiently: Find Related Web Content | SpecialityMoney.com

Ambiently: Find Related Web Content | SpecialityMoney.com — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:38:37 +0000

[...] is an integral part of how I get things done each day. For that reason, I regularly try out various types of search engines that can take me beyond standard Google results. My favorite recent find in this area remains Viewzi, which lets you get lots of different types of [...]

By: Ambiently: Find Related Web Content

Ambiently: Find Related Web Content — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:01:25 +0000

By: The Toolbox : 100+Plus In-Depth Resource Collections for Web Workers « Webessentials’s Weblog

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:42:13 +0000

[...] Eleven Alternative Engines for Custom Searches: Find exactly what you want with these customizable search engines. [...]

By: Web Worker Daily » Archive Google Experiments with New Search Tools, and You Can Too «

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:13 +0000

[...] 29th, 2008 (4:00pm) Samuel Dean No Comments A while back I did a post on alternative search engines, which can sometimes help you get the results you want faster than Google can. As evidence, though, [...]

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:55:23 +0000

There is a new search engine coming on line based on the String Logic search tool. Considering the effeteness of String Logic it will be the most powerful engine to-date. Google seems to be deteriorating daily and I’m (strange as it may seem) using Yahoo more and more. There are only 3 real engines out there that have the proper operators that allow direct searching, AltaVista, Yahoo and a distant 3rd google. Google was in first place for years but has dropped off considerably in the last 2 years. The funny thing is they are the top 3 by no understanding of their own.

By: Library 2.0: The Omnipotence of Google vs. Alternative Search Engines « EBM and Clinical Support Librarians@UCHC

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:26:56 +0000

[...] on the topic of Alternative Search Engines. Author Samuel Dean provides an interesting list of eleven alternative search engines to test out for your next research [...]

By: Dave Liu dot com / musings from the edge » Articles of the Day

Dave Liu dot com / musings from the edge » Articles of the Day — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:24:55 +0000

[...] Big Three Fatigue? Try One of These Alternative Engines – Yes, Google rules the search world (and just released ridiculous earnings), and yes, Yahoo and MSN just launched major upgrades to their crawlers. Let’s not forget about Ask.com, the search engine that seemingly gets no credit for the whole “Universal Search” craze … But searchers are constantly exploring the Web, and while the big three (or four?) engines snag the majority of traffic, there are an infinite number of choices users have for search — and getting listed with these “alternative engines” can give one site a previously unknown advantage over competitors. [...]

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Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:32:05 +0000

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By: Searching tools « Level 1 Librarian

Searching tools « Level 1 Librarian — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:32:16 +0000

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By: Who Will Own the Search Experience? « GigaOM

Who Will Own the Search Experience? « GigaOM — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:17:17 +0000

[...] PM PT | No comments There’s big action in search engines these days: see Web Worker Daily’s list of 11 alternative search engines, Read/Write Web’s top 100, and the GigaOM show’s opening question to Google’s (GOOG) Marissa [...]

By: Eleven Alternative Engines for Custom Searches from WebWorkerDaily « Hartness Library System

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:54:52 +0000

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By: Phil Bradley's weblog: Eleven Alternative Engines for Custom Searches � Web Worker Daily

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:01:26 +0000

[...] Lo-Fi Librarian found Eleven Alternative Engines for Custom Searches Web Worker Daily. Little here that will come as much of a suprise – Kartoo, Clusty, Omgili, Grokker, Freeality – [...]

By: ARRiiVE

ARRiiVE — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:30:56 +0000

Helpful information - especially on Kartoo. I hadn't found them yet, so I appreciate the post! I linked to you through my blog at

By: lo-fi librarian» Blog Archive » This Week’s Useful Tools

lo-fi librarian» Blog Archive » This Week’s Useful Tools — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:37:08 +0000

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By: Alternative Search Engines « Vannevar Vision

Alternative Search Engines « Vannevar Vision — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:00:06 +0000

[...] Tags: information retrieval, search engines, semi-structured information trackback In response to WebWorkerDaily’s article, none of the search engines listed include retrieval using structured information. Although [...]