Two alternative search engines
Posted on Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 9:05 AM
Of course most of us use Google, Yahoo or MSN for searching the Internet, but there ARE other search engines available, 2 of which I have been trying out recently.
Addictomatic
From the Addictomatic web site :- "This isn’t a traditional search engine. It’s not designed to help you find answers about some error message or the cheapest flight to Aruba. Addictomatic helps you see what’s going on now on a given topic."
This is certainly a search engine with a difference as it is an aggregator. Entering a search term starts a search of up to 24 sources of information and then displays panels of links to web pages, one panel per source. If you don't a particular sours panel then it may be deleted.
At first I thought this was just a pretty gimmick, but id does work very nicely, and it is certainly addictive.
Give it a try at addictomatic.com or have a look at their descriptive blog page here .
Searchme
Now this search engine has a REALLY pretty display, very similar to minimized applications in Windows Vista.
Go to http://www.searchme.com/ and enter a search term and you may then browse through the various panels which each display one web page. Best of all you can generate a "stack" of page by dragging the panels onto the "stack" icon at the top of the page. Clicking on any panel opens it in a normal browser window. You can also make it available as one of your search engines if you use Firefox.
It's absolutely fantastic, and very useful for storing stacks of pages that you visit regularly.
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