Showing posts with label search engines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label search engines. Show all posts

Monday, April 09, 2007

Alternative Search Engines

In the past, I have found that many people agree with the idea that google has a somewhat anti-conservative, sometimes hidden agenda when it comes to what pops up in their searches.

I recently found out that when I type "Talkwisdom" into a google search, a really old blogpost from a liberal left loonie blog (that was known for disparaging me and other Christians) comes up on the first page of the search. However, when I use a lesser known search engine (that doesn't include google's searches), that particular site is no where in the top 10-20 pages!

Isn't that odd?

I'm sure that many of you could cite additional examples.

Well, I decided to do a search for alternative search engines. Several pages into the search, I found this Top Ten Alternative Search Engines link. There are many there to experiment with, but the two most inventive (IMO) and that got my attention were these:

Kart00 (Puts up a fabulous display "map" of links to the site you type in. I found it quite refreshing and interesting!)

and

Ms. Dewey (She can be a bit annoying...though!)

I would probably use the Kart00 one. The Ms. Dewey one is entertaining at first, but then the search was limited.

Still investigating the rest at the first link.