Hi - I am Charles Knight, the creator and keeper of this list of the Top 100 Alternative Search Engines. I have *already* updated the list based up good feedback, which I shall continue to do
all year long. If you would like a copy of the very latest version, just send me an email at:
Charles@CharlesKnightSEO.com. The list you receive will have the revised Top 100, Search Engines not yet reviewed, Search Engines not yet released in Stealth Mode, Mobile Search Engines and the list of Search Engines that did not make the Top 100 list. Thank you for all of your helpful suggestions!
Maybe we have different Vivisimos. Mine has Http://vivisio.com not www.vivisimo.com, and it says on the homepage that Vivisimo's web search is now Clusty, which is on the list.
I'm surprised that you used the subject title, "The list is bad." You have a different preference for 1 out of the 100 Search Engines and you label all of my hard work "bad?"
That seems right to you? Oh,well.
Well, I'm sorry that you feel that my list is junk. One of the main points is just like you said, many of these Search Engines present the results in a different way, especially the cluster engines like www.kartoo.com and www.quintura.com. What do you think of ChaCha? It is the only one in the 100 that offers a free, live Guide to help you search. GoYams and Collarity and Yahoo! Mindset let you "Mix" the results - you DON'T get the same results. www.like.com is a true visual search engine, unlike Google Images. And so on. Ms. Dewey is a really different User Interface than Google's homepage!
I encourage you to pick your top ten - that's what I did for the "Top 10" best search engines for 2006.
The point is not that they are all more *accurate* than Google. Google has the largest index, the fastest speed, and the best algorithm. The Search Engines on this list show various things that Google cannot do. You can't hum into Google (www.nayio.com), and Google does not talk to you like Speeglebot. Google does not cluster their results like they should, see Quintura and Kartoo. Google Images is not a true visual seach, see www.like.com.
Ms Dewey (www.msdewey.com) is a vastly different User Inerface than Google's.
See recommendation search engines like www.music-map.com and www.liveplasma.com.
Of course I Googled "Alternative Search Engines"!! I also set up a Google Alert for "Alternative Search Engines" which I check daily. I also have 40 Netvibe modules that constantly update the best Search Sites/Blogs out there. I'm afraid I don't see your point.
Of course you count as people. If I was writing about all of the Search Engines in the world it would be quite a different list. I think that most of my readers realize that I am an American writing about (mostly) American Search Engines - or at the very least, Search Engines in English.
If you want to present all of the Search Engines in the world in order to include all the people in the world - go for it! I would love to see it.
Thank you for the suggested sites; I will check them out. This is not a static list, new discoveries (at least new to me) are added all the time, with somebody dropping out at the same time - that list of "also rans" is not always posted-perhaps yours didn't make the cut.
Your snide attitude is a bit odd - does it make you feel good?
Of course my research took closer to 50 hours, visiting not just every single one of these 100 SE, but dozens of other ones; ones in Stealth mode, mobile search engines, SE yet to be categorized, the "Bottom 100".
Not flawed, NEW. Many of the search engines on my list launched recently, and it takes time for the SE to "learn" more about the subject matter. Note that many are still in Beta mode.
The more that people use sites like Music Map and Live Plasm, the better the results will be.
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Hi - I am Charles Knight, the creator and keeper of this list of the Top 100 Alternative Search Engines. I have *already* updated the list based up good feedback, which I shall continue to do all year long. If you would like a copy of the very latest version, just send me an email at: Charles@CharlesKnightSEO.com. The list you receive will have the revised Top 100, Search Engines not yet reviewed, Search Engines not yet released in Stealth Mode, Mobile Search Engines and the list of Search Engines that did not make the Top 100 list. Thank you for all of your helpful suggestions!
Maybe we have different Vivisimos. Mine has Http://vivisio.com not www.vivisimo.com, and it says on the homepage that Vivisimo's web search is now Clusty, which is on the list. I'm surprised that you used the subject title, "The list is bad." You have a different preference for 1 out of the 100 Search Engines and you label all of my hard work "bad?" That seems right to you? Oh,well.
Well, I'm sorry that you feel that my list is junk. One of the main points is just like you said, many of these Search Engines present the results in a different way, especially the cluster engines like www.kartoo.com and www.quintura.com. What do you think of ChaCha? It is the only one in the 100 that offers a free, live Guide to help you search. GoYams and Collarity and Yahoo! Mindset let you "Mix" the results - you DON'T get the same results. www.like.com is a true visual search engine, unlike Google Images. And so on. Ms. Dewey is a really different User Interface than Google's homepage! I encourage you to pick your top ten - that's what I did for the "Top 10" best search engines for 2006.
The point is not that they are all more *accurate* than Google. Google has the largest index, the fastest speed, and the best algorithm. The Search Engines on this list show various things that Google cannot do. You can't hum into Google (www.nayio.com), and Google does not talk to you like Speeglebot. Google does not cluster their results like they should, see Quintura and Kartoo. Google Images is not a true visual seach, see www.like.com. Ms Dewey (www.msdewey.com) is a vastly different User Inerface than Google's. See recommendation search engines like www.music-map.com and www.liveplasma.com.
Of course I Googled "Alternative Search Engines"!! I also set up a Google Alert for "Alternative Search Engines" which I check daily. I also have 40 Netvibe modules that constantly update the best Search Sites/Blogs out there. I'm afraid I don't see your point.
Of course you count as people. If I was writing about all of the Search Engines in the world it would be quite a different list. I think that most of my readers realize that I am an American writing about (mostly) American Search Engines - or at the very least, Search Engines in English. If you want to present all of the Search Engines in the world in order to include all the people in the world - go for it! I would love to see it.
Thank you for the suggested sites; I will check them out. This is not a static list, new discoveries (at least new to me) are added all the time, with somebody dropping out at the same time - that list of "also rans" is not always posted-perhaps yours didn't make the cut. Your snide attitude is a bit odd - does it make you feel good? Of course my research took closer to 50 hours, visiting not just every single one of these 100 SE, but dozens of other ones; ones in Stealth mode, mobile search engines, SE yet to be categorized, the "Bottom 100".
Try this link: http://www.skrenta.com/2006/12/googles_true_search _market_sha.html
Google 70.6% Yahoo! 18.7% MSN 8.9% Ask.com 1.7% Do the math! :-) Total = 99.99%
Not flawed, NEW. Many of the search engines on my list launched recently, and it takes time for the SE to "learn" more about the subject matter. Note that many are still in Beta mode. The more that people use sites like Music Map and Live Plasm, the better the results will be.