Search Engines

A cross between a search engine and an encyclopedia. The results return complete, informative sentences about the search topic. Related topics are suggested.

Built to return accurate, unbiased search results, clearly focusses on the search strings in the URLs.

Offers search for web sites, images, news, blogs, video, maps and directions, local search and shopping.

APIs, tools, services, documentation.

Greg R. Notess reviews search and display features of LookSmart.

Provides patented software that uses both advanced mathematics and machine learning to provide conceptual search. Company profile, technologies, markets and partners.

Offers solutions to manage, search, share and distribute data on information systems.

Tool from ASAP Consulting s.r.o. for detailed user agent string analysis using an online form. Includes databases of browsers and robots.

An alphabetical list of user agents and the deployer behind them, compiled by Christoph Rüegg.

Computational knowledge engine that draws on multiple sources to answer user queries directly.

Combines results from several sources to present the latest user-generated content. Its "buzz-o-meter" measures the current level of activity concerning the topic on Twitter.

A color search engine meant to find items in defined colors.

A search engine that scans the 'for sale' sections of online forums and organizes the data to make the search experience more efficient.

Helps to find similar or alternative websites.

Chip Bayers' article: "Google's built a no-nonsense path to profitability by treating advertising just like search. The secret? Three words, ranked by relevance: Results. Results. Results."

The blocking of Google means increased traffic for Chinese based sites.

Using Google to find fewer results, or exactly one result. How the craze began and how to do it. A list of the most recent successes.

A tool to create a fake screenshot with a "Did you mean..." alert.

Google supplies a partial list of papers written by people now at Google.

Floating toolbar for Windows allowing you to conduct searches with Google. Includes FAQs, screen shots and system requirements.

Generates Google search links for posting in forums and communities.

Google performance grader and optimizer. It automates optimization tasks to increase clicks, conversions and revenues.

Applies meta-data and visual analysis of images to build search results.

Fragrantica is an online perfume encyclopedia. One of the site's services is a perfume search by color. You can search thousands of images of perfume bottles.

The official blog from Google on the AdWords application program interface.

The official weblog on Google crawling and indexing, and on webmaster tools, including the Sitemaps facility.

Updates on Google Base and the Google Merchant Center.