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Title: Please share your favorite search engines.
Post by: kartal on July 29, 2008, 07:03 PM
Ok we already know and use google,  so no need for repeating or hijacking the topic with which one is best wars. I would like to compile a practical search engine list that has proven quality search engines in it. So please list your favorite search engines(specialized or non specialized) with short description

http://scroogle.org/  this one is for cookiless - anonymous google search. It is not quite a search engine but it can be helpful to those who hate google privacy practices.

http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml Image search engine

http://www.dogpile.com/ non specialized search engine

www.yahoo.com non specialized search engine
Title: Re: Please share your favorite search engines.
Post by: PhilB66 on July 29, 2008, 08:42 PM
Google is the one I use most. I also use:

* hakia Search (http://www.hakia.com/)

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hakia vs Google (http://club.hakia.com/challenge/default2.aspx?q=Does+insurance+cover+brain+surgery?)

* MalaMata (http://www.malamata.com/) - A dynamic Multi Search Engine

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* Kartoo (http://www.kartoo.com/) - Visual display of results and clustering

For Blog Search:

http://www.blogdigger.com/index.html
Title: Re: Please share your favorite search engines.
Post by: allen on July 29, 2008, 10:31 PM
My favorite "alternative" search engine is Clusty (http://www.clusty.com). I find it especially useful when searching for more obscure things that I'm harving a hard time otherwise honing in on.  It's powered by Vivísimo. It draws from multiple search engines, including web/blog/wiki/news. Custom tabs can be created to customize what is used.

Most importantly, it "clusters" all of the results, essentially dropping them in folders allowing you to view a selection of the total results by category.  Attached is a donationcoder search, showing how it broke it down into reviews, discussions, et cetera.

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Title: Re: Please share your favorite search engines.
Post by: PhilB66 on July 29, 2008, 11:24 PM
Clusty looks nice. iZito (http://www.izito.com/) is very similar.

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Title: Re: Please share your favorite search engines.
Post by: housetier on July 30, 2008, 05:43 AM
I use these specialized search engines:

[ You are not allowed to view attachments ]discogs (http://discogs.com/)for looking up labels, artist, releases, songs, producers...
[ You are not allowed to view attachments ]dict.cc (http://dict.cc/)for translating between English and German
[ You are not allowed to view attachments ]imdb (http://imdb.com/)for finding movie titles and actors
canoo (http://canoo.net/)to brush up German skills, mostly for loanwords like
Title: Re: Please share your favorite search engines.
Post by: Grorgy on July 30, 2008, 07:29 AM
http://www.imdb.com/  housetier your link to imdb should be this ;)
Title: Re: Please share your favorite search engines.
Post by: housetier on July 30, 2008, 09:03 AM
it is now, thanks :)
Title: Re: Please share your favorite search engines.
Post by: kartal on July 30, 2008, 09:41 AM
http://www.iconlook.com/ icon search engine, very handy when you need an icon for a doc or shortcut.
Title: Re: Please share your favorite search engines.
Post by: Edvard on July 30, 2008, 10:32 AM
http://www.alltheweb.com
Yeah, yeah, I know it's Yahoo powered, but I like it's simple, no-nonsense Image search that finds things the other engines don't.
(and no, I don't mean by turning off the "Offensive Content Filter"...)
Title: Re: Please share your favorite search engines.
Post by: Edvard on July 30, 2008, 10:44 AM
Wow, I'm liking Hakia...
Thanks for the tip, PhilB!!  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: Please share your favorite search engines.
Post by: ilyag on July 30, 2008, 02:16 PM
For electronic versions of books, especially technical books:

http://ebdb.ru

(The site is in Russian, but you shouldn't have too much trouble using it even if you don't speak Russian.)

Click on "ebdb in English" once you get there.
Title: Re: Please share your favorite search engines.
Post by: simakuutio on July 30, 2008, 02:16 PM
My favourite for more visual searches:

http://www.searchme.com

(no, I don't wan't to make any screenshots, try it for yourself).
Title: Re: Please share your favorite search engines.
Post by: PhilB66 on July 30, 2008, 09:13 PM
http://www.iconlook.com/ icon search engine, very handy when you need an icon for a doc or shortcut.
-kartal (July 30, 2008, 09:41 AM)

There's a thread (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=11226.0) for such search engine. For sounds, see this thread (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=6756.0).

Anyways, check out Top 100 Alternative Search Engines (http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_100_alternative_search_engines_mar07.php) for a comprehensive list of search engines and reviews.

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Title: Re: Please share your favorite search engines.
Post by: kartal on August 03, 2008, 11:25 PM
I was actually trying to compile a list that has been proven-used by donation coder users :) 

thanks

http://www.iconlook.com/ icon search engine, very handy when you need an icon for a doc or shortcut.
-kartal (July 30, 2008, 09:41 AM)

There's a thread (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=11226.0) for such search engine. For sounds, see this thread (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=6756.0).

Anyways, check out Top 100 Alternative Search Engines (http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_100_alternative_search_engines_mar07.php) for a comprehensive list of search engines and reviews.
 (see attachment in previous post (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=14249.msg122855#msg122855))
-PhilB66 (July 30, 2008, 09:13 PM)
Title: Re: Please share your favorite search engines.
Post by: app103 on August 08, 2008, 12:34 AM
RIAA Radar (http://riaaradar.com/) - Find out if an album was released by a member of the RIAA. You can search by artist, label, or album name.
Title: Re: Please share your favorite search engines.
Post by: kulwinder on August 08, 2008, 12:53 AM
I like Google.com and Altavista.com
Title: Re: Please share your favorite search engines.
Post by: sean421 on August 15, 2008, 09:16 PM
Likin' Hakia!

I use Wikipedia a lot, but Yahoo is still my preferred search (I like how it 'Feels' - kinda comfortable).

Google with the FireFox 'CustomizeGoogle' add-on [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/743]doesn't suck as bad as the Generic Google! And, it can HELP with the privacy issues!

ps:
RIAA Radar (http://riaaradar.com/) - Find out if an album was released by a member of the RIAA. You can search by artist, label, or album name.
-app103 (August 08, 2008, 12:34 AM)

The RIAA scares me!  :eusa_naughty: :harhar:
Title: Re: Please share your favorite search engines.
Post by: Mark0 on August 18, 2008, 09:32 AM
For searching about file extensions & file types, I shameless recommend File Extension Seeker (http://file-extension.net/seeker/)!  ;D
Title: Re: Please share your favorite search engines.
Post by: dhuser on August 18, 2008, 03:49 PM
Newsflashr: News Search Engine
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Found via MakeUseOf: Newsflashr - Get All The News In One Place (http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/newsflashr-get-all-the-news-in-one-place/)
Title: Re: Please share your favorite search engines.
Post by: steeladept on August 26, 2008, 02:41 AM
For electronic versions of books, especially technical books:

http://ebdb.ru

(The site is in Russian, but you shouldn't have too much trouble using it even if you don't speak Russian.)

Click on "ebdb in English" once you get there.
-ilyag (July 30, 2008, 02:16 PM)

I like the idea of this one.  I will have to check it out.

Personally, I find one of the best sites for searching for specific books (and now music and other things as well, though I haven't used it for that) is AddAll (http://www.addall.com).  I heard about it in college back in the late 90's and they probably saved me about half on my books.  They really haven't changed much in the way it works or the interface either - such a rare thing nowdays.  It just works!