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Just imagine what a mess the internet would be without search engines!
The web is everyday becoming more and more semantically rich, enabling crawlers to classify and display better results.
There's a new generation out there: the web 2.0 search engines. But what are they?
This is a short explanation by Read/Write Web:
Let's start be defining what we mean by "search 2.0" vs traditional search.
Traditional Search: Traditional search engines are based on information retrieval technologies. They implement operations such as boolean queries, proximity searches, text relevance and link analysis.
Examples: Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask
Search 2.0: What I'm calling Search 2.0 are actually third generation search technologies. To explain the generations:
• First-generation search ranked sites based on page content - examples are early yahoo.com and Alta Vista.
• Second-generation relies on link analysis for ranking - so they take the structure of the Web into account. Examples are Google and Overture.
• Third-generation search technologies are designed to combine the scalability of existing internet search engines with new and improved relevancy models; they bring into the equation user preferences, collaboration, collective intelligence, a rich user experience, and many other specialized capabilities that make information more productive.
Examples: Swicki, Rollyo, Clusty, Wink, Lexxe.
Web 2.0 search engines
- Google Suggest
- ...Well Google with suggest while you type
- AllTheWeb Live Search
- An other one
- Windows Live
- MSN live search
- Yahoo! Search - Instant Search
- Yahoo live saerch
- Feel The Force
- Ajax search engine with keyword suggestion, searches flickr or Yahoo, web, images, videos, news. Has a mobile version
- Deepy
- Deepy
- Exalead
- Search engine showing thumbshots and related terms
- MyBigRiver - Find Amazon.com Product Links Instantly!
- Wikipedia Search for many languages. Dynamically searches Amazon as you type
- SRC - Search Result Clustering Toolbar in Microsoft Research Asia
- clustered with RSS to search results
- Search Engine AnooX - the Not-for-Profit & People powered Search Engine
- Not-for-Profit, powered by the Knowledge of the people, operated in an Open & Decentralized model.
- Instant Domain Search
- This site is designed to help you find the right domain name. We don't offer computer-generated suggestions because we think people can outperform machines when using good tools. Just start typing. Your results will appear instantly.
Your search results are not being - Zippily search
- Minimal live search using the Google API
- Gigablast
- A powerful, new search engine that does real-time indexing.
Founded in 2000, Gigablast was created to index up to 200 Billion pages with the least amount of hardware possible. Gigablast provides large-scale, high-performance, real-time information retrieval technology for partner sites. The company offers a variety of features including topic generation and the ability to index multiple document formats. This search delivery mechanism gives a partner "turn key" search capability and the capacity to instantly offer search at maximum scalability with minimum cost. In addition, the Gigablast website (www.gigablast.com) provides unique "Gigabits" of information, enabling visitors to easily refine their search based upon related topics from search results. Clients range from NASDAQ 100 listed corporations to boutique companies. - Big.com: The Most Readable Results on the Web
- Big.com - The search engine with the most readable results on the Web. Big font settings for better accesability.
- Newzpile - realtime web buzz tracker
- Track web buzz in real time. News updates from top sources updated every 15 minutes. It also has a News ticker.
- Huckabuck search interface
- Thsi one has an In-page ajax search tuner
- Eurekster Swicki Home
- Eurekster Swicki - community powered search and advertising for your blog or website
- Rollyo
- Lets users creats their custom mini search engine.
- Lexxe Search Engine - Advanced Natural Language Processing
- Founded in 2005, Lexxe Pty Ltd (ACN: 117 090 454) has been developing a third generation Internet search engine with advanced Natural Language Processing technologies. Our initial research and development of the search engine dated back in October 2004, with the help of Kangasoft Pty Ltd and a number of supportive individuals. Lexxe is based in Sydney, Australia.
"Lexxe", our company name, is derived from a linguistic term "Lexical", which means "related to words". It emphasises the processing of language from the level of words and the meanings associated with them, which is a core issue for Lexxe.
Lexxe has been exploring more intelligent ways to find information for users in a more meaningful way. We believe this method will eventually bring far more accurate and relevant search results than the current search techonology. Our technology is built upon the foundation of advanced Natural Language Processing technology. Please find out more about our technology.
Meta search engines
Meta search engines group other search engines together
- Myriad Search
- Google, Yahoo, MSN and Ask Jeeves as tabs
- jux2
- With the jux2 meta search engine you can compare the leading search engines and see the relevant results. You might be surprised to find that on average only 3.5 of the top ten search engine results are the same. Using jux2 ensures that you save time and get better search results.
- Scandoo
- This leads to Google or MSN (Yahoo, AskJevees are comming) but adds a security mark to each result.
- Ithaki
- Meta search: Intelligent search technology to find web pages from hundreds of search engines and directories worldwide. Allows advanced search commands. Wireless version available.
- Qelly - Quenching Quests!
- Discover the Web with Qelly MetaSearch. Qelly retrieves the best results from the collective Index of Internet's leading Search Engines.
- Nuah
- Let's you set meta search engine levels
- Dogpile
- Meta search Google, Yahoo, MSN and AskJeeves side by side
- Huckabuck search interface
- Meta search for New Orleans with a search tuner
- Yurnet - The Search Anything, Everything Page!
- Meta search with comparaison
- Zewol FR
- French web 2.0 search engine
Zewol, méta-syndication de l'actualité : actus, blog, buzz et vidéos francophones - Releton Search
- Releton Metasearch lets you browse Google and Yahoo search results with an easy-to-use AJAX slider. Sliding for web and images and automatic directions comparisons.
- QTsaver design proposition
- Micro content engine Search is based on Google API and on Yahoo!
RSS, Blogs
RSS or Blog search
- Opinmind
- Results based on positive or negative opinions expressed by bloggers.
- Sphere
- Very good blog search engine showing also some blogger information like post frequency.
- Technorati
- Search blogs and more, a must for any blogger
Media search
Search music, podcasts, videos...
- Speechbot
- Audio/Visual Recognition Search
- Magg - The Movie Aggregator, Built Using Dapper
- Magg aggregates the latest and greatest movies from various websites (and you can search across those sites too). It was built really easily and quickly using Dapper to obtain the data. Feel free to reuse the source.
- Pixsy visual search
- Advanced technology enabling visual search
- retrievr - search by sketch / search by image
- Search similar from upload, URL or draw an images of what you want.
- Tiltomo
- Content based Visual Image Search Engine with applications for royalty free stock images and other large scale image databases. Here you can play with our Visual Search code using two sample databases from flickr. Getting started is easy, search for a tag or click random. Look for an image you like, click one of the Find Similar links under the image.
Other Search Engines
- Dogpile Web Search Home Page
- Meta search Google, Yahoo, MSN and AskJeeves all side by side
- Metasearch Engine Ithaki: All the Search Engines in one click!
- Meta search: Intelligent search technology to find web pages from hundreds of search engines and directories worldwide. Allows advanced search commands. Wireless version available.
- Gigablast
- A powerful, new search engine that does real-time indexing.
- Technorati
- Search blogs and more, a must for any blogger
- Ixquick Metasearch
- Ixquick submits your search to the major search engines and finds sites that are universally ranked in the top ten! Available in many languages.
- Ditto
- Provides a unique way to find pictures on the web.
- IceRocket
- IceRocket, a privately owned and operated Search Engine ...
... is a global leader in commercial search services on the Internet, providing new and more powerful ways for customers to find exactly what they are looking for. IceRocket is pioneering commercial search by putting the interests and wants of consumers before advertisers. IceRocket has innovative blog search technology to search blogosphere. - social bookmarking swicki - powered by eurekster
- Search all about social bookmarking - powered by eurekster
- ODP - Open Directory Project
- The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors. Help build the most comprehensive human-reviewed directory of the web
- Huckabuck search interface
- Meta search for New Orleans with a search tuner
- jux2 Meta Search Engine - Compare Search Engines
- With the jux2 meta search engine you can compare the leading search engines and see the relevant results. You might be surprised to find that on average only 3.5 of the top ten search engine results are the same. Using jux2 ensures that you save time and get better search results.
- Yurnet - The Search Anything, Everything Page!
- Meta search with comparaison
- Fazzle.com -- A Fazzinating Feature Rich Search Fest!
- Critically acclaimed as one of the World's best search engines. Multi-lingual, Invisible Web, US, Canadian, UK, French, and Dutch regional searches, iframe preview.
- Jookster - Search, Find, Share
- Poeple powered, between a search engine and social bookmarks
- Blog Buzz Machine
- Search Most Popular Blogs
- Omgili - Forums Search Engine
- Search through web-based discussion forums
- FyberSearch
- Web - Feeds - Thoughts - Tutorials - Gheto search
Testomonial: After coming across fybersearch in a newsletter, I was interested and took a look. What I found was a different, interesting type of search. It not only looked different, but as I found, was different. E-mails answered within hours, Very competitive advertisement rates, easy to navigate, and real-time results. Very courteous service, a willingness to listen, and a desire to help. I hope that Nathan is successful to a large degree, and am very happy to be associated with him, and fybersearch. - Kosmix
- At Kosmix, we're passionate about building a world class search engine that lets people search less, and discover more great stuff. There are billions of pages on the web that are useful, but never see the light of day through a standard search engine. We want to help you find those great pages, and make it easy and fun to do in the process.
- Mozdex - Open search engine
- mozDex: Open source search technologies for an open and fair index...
MozDex is a search engine seeded from the dmoz.org directory. MozDex uses open source search technologies to create an open and fair index. Our goal is to be able to provide a powerful and open search service to the community. Mozdex is built around the Nutch Search technology. - LinkPut
- inkPut is an experiment that attempts to create a better search experience by using powerful search results from Yahoo, combined with a wiki type collaboration of the community to help better define the information describing the results returned. Thus, making the site you are about to click on a little more meaningful, based on the community's input.
- Copyscape - Website Plagiarism Search - Web Site Content Copyright Protection
- Search for copies of your page on the Web.
- Ziggs - People Search | Professional Profiles
- People search is the most comprehensive listing of up-to-date professional profiles on the web. With over 1,000,000 on line profiles indexed, Ziggs is working to ensure that if someone has an online profile you can find them at Ziggs.
Tools
Search tools
- TalkDigger
- URL Search. Searches who talks about you at Technorati, BlogLines, Google Blog, Feedster... this is a must!
- egoSurf - ego surfing without the guilt.
- enter your name, or a search phrase. your web resources (domains).
to see ego points at Google, Yahoo, MSN - similicio.us - find similar sites
- This is a mashup of del.icio.us and easyutil.com. It's an experiment on my part to see whether I can quickly find relevant web sites based on people's tags/bookmarks on del.icio.us, using the engine from easyutil.com. It answers the question "people who tagged this site also tagged what other sites". I am using it mostly to find blogs that are similar to the ones I read, and to find new popular web sites that are in my area.
- facetious
- Search del.icio.us bookmarks for Tag, Title, Contributor, Site, Feed or Description gives output also in XML
- YubNub
- Like firefox smart search with more, a commande line tool for the web.
- Foundd - Re-search Engine
- A bookmarklet that let's you search things faster.
- TextCat Language Guesser Demo
- This is a demonstration of a language guesser, as proposed in Cavnar, Trenkle, N-Gram-Based Text Categorization. It's implemented in Perl. You can get the Perl script under certain copyright restrictions here.
Type some text. The more text you provide, the more reliable the guesser works. 77 languages. - Dictionary .hm - Free Online Dictionary - Searchable, Live
- The fast online searchable AJAX dictionary, also has a bookmarklet.
- ObjectGraph Dictionary
- Online dictionary with live suggestions.
Search: Classical, FOLDOC, Elements, Thesaurus - Stalkerati Alpha
- An other kind of ego surfing tool, well the name suggests stalking. It will search Friendster, Facebook, Google, Technorati and Flickr. Just type in a name.
- Saved Search Pro
- Enables you to create advanced eBay searches and delivers them to you every day via a single email or RSS feed.
Search Engine Ressource
- Search Engine RSS generators
- List of search engines that enable RSS to their search results
- SEO Tools - Search Engine Optimization Tools
- Misc Web Tools and SEO Tools
- Free Blog Pinging services
- Ping sends an XML-RPC signal to one or more "ping servers," which can then generate a list of blogs that have new material.
- Web 2.0 Search Services (110 sites)
- A huge list by eCaonsultant
The 'searchengine' tag
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