Well now that the SEMLS Newsletter is out , and includes an article I wrote ... in which I believe I mentioned this very blog, I feel like I really should do what I can to get this blog going, which has been languishing since it appeared.
This week in Advanced Google we ae talking about major and alternative search engines. Turns out that no one really wants to compete directly with google, so there are an increasing number of search engines that look at specific types of searches ... like video or photographs. You can get news about these search engines at Alternative Search Engines (www.altsearchengines.com).
I was also reminded this week of a great resource the InfoPeople best search engines chart which you can find at http://infopeople.org/search/chart.html.
What search engine are you using other than google? Has anyone tried Clusty? (www.clusty.com ... which is my second choice after google) Let's talk about search engines!
Oh ... and on another matter completely, you can see my latest mini film, a little tribute to our summer puzzles, at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvBKxk_iCow ... be sure to have your speakers on!
Comments (2)
My favorite day to day search engine is Dogpile mainly because I feel like it weeds out some of the junk I get from a basic Google search.
I've also been having fun lately with Facesaerch (the mis-spelling is actually correct). It's a great image search engine.
Posted by Denise Garvin | October 19, 2008 2:24 PM
Posted on October 19, 2008 14:24
I've never used Dogpile, but it's interesting that you think it weeds out some of the junk, do Wikapedia entries still show up at the top of the list?
I just tried Facesaerch ... interesting. Reminds me of a similar site I just heard of in this class I'm taking ... it is called Search Cube. The website is http://www.symmetri.com/searchcube/
Sort of interesting, but I'm not sure how much I'll actually use it.
Posted by Jill | October 20, 2008 5:17 PM
Posted on October 20, 2008 17:17