SEO 2.0 Blog

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

· bookmach.com

· BOXXET

· ChaCha

· ClipBlast!

· Clusty

· collarity

· CometQ

· CONGOO

· Cuil

· del.icio.us

· Digg

· digg labs swarm

· Ditto

· dumbfind

· exalead

· factbites

· fazzle

· Feedster

· FindSounds

· Gigablast

· GoDefy

· goshme

· GoYams

· Grokker

· IceRocket

· KartOO

· Like

· LiveDeal

· liveplasma

· Local.com

· lurpo

· Me.dium

· mnemomap

· Mojeek

· Mooter

· nayio

· Octora

· OiHoi Search

· Pagebull

· PlanetSearch

· pluggd

· PODZINGER

· Previewseek

· Pronto.com

· QTsearch

· Quintura

· Releton

· retrevo gamma

· riya

· SearchMe

· SearchTheWeb2

· sidekiq

· Simply Google

· Singing FISH

· Slideshow

· Slifter

· soople

· Speegle

· Sphider

· SPURL.net

· S R C H R

· SurfWax

· Swoogle

· TagJag!

· thefind.com

· Trexy

· turboscout

· UJIKO

· url.com

· VMGO.com

· Web 2.0

· Webaroo

· WEBBRAIN

· What to RENT?

· whonu?

· WIKIO

· WiseNut

· Yahoo! MINDSET

· Yelp

· yoople

· yubnub

· YuFind

· ZABASEARCH

· zapmeta

· Zippy

· ZUULA

What would you add?