As a search engine junkie, I’m always pulling for the new guy. Although I’m still an unabashed Google fan, I can’t help but root for any underdog with a good idea (check out my posts on social and vertical search , and Cuil ). I love competition in the marketplace.
If I were Yahoo and MSN, I’d be very concerned about the future of my properties – despite recent, roadmap announcements. If I were Google, damn right I’d be more proactive. I find myself breaking the mindshare (or mind control? Hmm…) of Google more often, and using non-traditional search engines or platform engines. That is, if I find them effective. The refined results can often be pretty good for my tastes.
Here’s a few I found - some of which I use. What do you think? Ready to make the leap? (it’s probably inevitable). Shopping, meta, social, and vertical engines abound…
· AOL
· AURA!
· blinkx
· boing
· BOXXET
· ChaCha
· Clusty
· CometQ
· CONGOO
· Cuil
· Digg
· Ditto
· dumbfind
· exalead
· fazzle
· Feedster
· GoDefy
· goshme
· GoYams
· Grokker
· KartOO
· Like
· LiveDeal
· lurpo
· Me.dium
· mnemomap
· Mojeek
· Mooter
· nayio
· Octora
· Pagebull
· pluggd
· QTsearch
· Quintura
· Releton
· riya
· SearchMe
· sidekiq
· Slifter
· soople
· Speegle
· Sphider
· SurfWax
· Swoogle
· TagJag!
· Trexy
· UJIKO
· url.com
· VMGO.com
· Web 2.0
· Webaroo
· WEBBRAIN
· whonu?
· WIKIO
· WiseNut
· Yelp
· yoople
· yubnub
· YuFind
· zapmeta
· Zippy
· ZUULA
What would you add?

























