Sunday, June 7, 2015

Project #15


  • WolframAlpha is not a search engine, it's an engine for computing answers and providing knowledge. It works by using its vast store of expert-level knowledge and algorithms to automatically answer questions, do analysis and generate reports. WolframAlpha is a great engine for mathematical problems and answers, in my opinion. New to Wolfram|Alpha?, is a great way to learn more about the engine.
  • Dogpile is a search engine that fetches results from Google, Yahoo! and Yandex. Dogpile was created to return all the best results, from different search engines, faster. About Dogpile, teaches you more about the search engine. It's actually quite easy, you just type exactly what you are looking for in the search box. You would use Dogpile if you wanted to see which site had the best results without actually using more than one site. 
  • Duckduckgo is a search engine similar to Google there are little things that makes this search engine different. Duckduckgo has features like 'zero-click' information, meaning all your answers are found on the first results page. Duckduckgo.com helps to clarify what question you are really asking and the ad spam is much less than  Google. I like the different features it has and I'm going to start using this search engine more.
  • Bing is the second most popular search engine today. Bing used to be MSN search until it was updated in 2009. Known as a 'decision engine' , Bing tries to support your researching by offering suggestions in the leftmost column. It also gives you various search options across the top of the screen. Things like 'wiki' suggestions, 'visual search', and 'related searches' might be useful to you.
  • Yippy is a Deep Web engine that searches other web engines. Deep Web pages are usually harder to find by conventional search. That's why Yippy is very useful. If you are searching for obscure hobby interest blogs, obscure government information, tough-to-find obscure news or academic research, then Yippy is your tool!
  • Webopedia is one of the most useful websites on the world wide web. Webopedia is an encyclopedic resource dedicated to searching techno terminology and computer definitions. It is absolutely a perfect resource for non-technical people, much like myself, to make more sense of the computers around them. 
  • Yahoo! is several things: it is a search engine, a news aggregator, a shopping center, an emailbox, a travel directory, a horoscope and game center, and more. This web portal makes this a very helpful site for Internet beginners. Searching the web should also be about discovery and exploration, and Yahoo! delivers that in wholesale quantities. 
  • Mahalo is one 'human-powered' search site employing a committee of editors to manually sift and vet thousands of pieces of content. This means that you'll get fewer Mahalo hit results than you get at Bing or Google. It also means that most Mahalo results have a higher quality of content and relevance.
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1 comment:

  1. "...is not a search engine..." Oh yes it is. Try area of Mobile AL and Bermuda

    Thoughtful. Interesting.

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