shance
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Aug-30-05 05:19 PM
Original message |
Best search engines other than Google? |
WillYourVoteBCounted
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Aug-30-05 05:21 PM
Response to Original message |
|
try www.vivisimo.com
They are pretty amazing for research
|
AnnieBW
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Aug-30-05 07:19 PM
Response to Reply #1 |
17. Vivisimo is the BEST! |
|
I do a lot of research for my job. I rely solely on Vivisimo. Plus, they're in the Pittsburgh area - a spinoff of Carnegie-Mellon University.
|
snot
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Aug-30-05 05:21 PM
Response to Original message |
2. have you tried dogpile? |
|
http://www.dogpile.com/It simultaneously runs your search in several of the best search engines, including Google.
|
Mutley
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Aug-30-05 05:22 PM
Response to Reply #2 |
|
I use that almost as much as Google.
|
Joe Chi Minh
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Aug-30-05 05:25 PM
Response to Reply #2 |
|
Edited on Tue Aug-30-05 05:31 PM by KCabotDullesMarxIII
as well as puerile, to call it "dogpile". Who wants to be reminded of a pile of dog sh*t - any sh*t - every time they make a search. I'm as gross as the next man, but this is elementary.
Four-letter words don't normally convey the meaning attached to them, in the way that, say, the latin words used in medicine for the genitalia do. But suffix "dog" with "pile" and it's graphic -schoolboy humorous the first time, but afterwards...?
|
SteppingRazor
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Aug-30-05 05:27 PM
Response to Reply #6 |
7. Well, it's not a dogshit reference... |
|
A dogpile is when a bunch of people pile on top of each other -- thus, the analogy is to a bunch of search engines, all piled on top of each other.
Sheesh! Get your mind out of the gutter! :evilgrin:
|
Joe Chi Minh
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Aug-30-05 05:32 PM
Response to Reply #7 |
11. Duly chastened and penitent. |
|
Edited on Tue Aug-30-05 05:32 PM by KCabotDullesMarxIII
|
Joe Chi Minh
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Aug-30-05 05:38 PM
Response to Reply #2 |
12. I assumed the point of the question was |
|
Edited on Tue Aug-30-05 05:54 PM by KCabotDullesMarxIII
to avoid Google on political grounds. If so - and I'm perhaps wrong again - the object would be defeated using dogpile.
I've been wanting to use another search engine, because they're big-time corporatists who may well take over from Microsoft (or plain take them over), according to newspaper reports.
And by the way, thanks for the suggestions, folks.
|
jaysunb
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Aug-30-05 05:22 PM
Response to Original message |
Brightmore
(293 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Aug-30-05 05:23 PM
Response to Original message |
jim3775
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Aug-30-05 05:27 PM
Response to Original message |
|
As opposed to displaying the results by the number of hits they get and other things that can (and always do) get taken advantage of by webmasters to get thier site on the first page, it displays the results based on the relevancy of your search term. It's great for finding specific information.
|
G_j
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Aug-30-05 05:27 PM
Response to Original message |
9. here is one for activists: |
shance
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Aug-30-05 06:21 PM
Response to Reply #9 |
15. Thank ya guys (and galz*)!!! |
|
We'll give em a whirlie. :)
|
Windy
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Aug-30-05 05:29 PM
Response to Original message |
bobbieinok
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Aug-30-05 05:40 PM
Response to Original message |
13. www.metacrawler.com; www.mamma.com |
|
also www.profusion.com and www.treEZy.com....both I think, mostly for genealogy
not all of them come up with the same info
I use any and all I can find for genealogy and other topics
when you hunt something with metacrawler, look at the different places the info has been found......there are places there like teoma, gigiblast, etc
basically, look at every one you can find.......it's like checking bibliographies; no one has everything available in the internet
|
bananas
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Aug-30-05 05:41 PM
Response to Original message |
14. I think this site is used by spammers |
|
but they have a pretty complete list of search engines http://searchenginewatch.com/links/
|
charlie
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Aug-30-05 06:25 PM
Response to Original message |
16. Since they pulled their heads out of their asses |
|
and returned to concentrating on search, Altavista is pretty good nowadays. One distinction they have from Google is that they seem to retain their caches longer. So if you're looking for something you know you saw way back when and Google doesn't turn it up, Altavista often will.
|
DU
AdBot (1000+ posts) |
Fri May 10th 2024, 12:54 AM
Response to Original message |