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5 New and Innovative Search Engines

Internet search was made popular by companies like Yahoo!, Google, and Ask, but as these veterans of search evolve and create new things, who will be the ones to reinvent Internet search? Here is a list of (somewhat) new and notable search engines that are trying something different:

ChaCha: Totes itself as a “People Powered Search” because a living human being finds the results for your search. ChaCha has become a favorite of mine because it produces quality results and not quantity. Google promotes itself as having the most results, but who wants to spend ten minutes looking for that recipe or finding a source for your research paper?

Mahalo: A new search engine that relies, once again, on people to create the results. Consider Mahalo as the Wikipedia of search, because like Wikipedia it’s all user generated. Mahalo is still pretty new and at the moment isn’t very useful, but don’t expect that to be true with time.

Midomi: Probably the most innovative out of the bunch, instead of typing a song title in, you sing it. Now, Midomi has had mixed reviews because of how well the site works. Out of the five times I tried it three were correct results, which isn’t too bad seeing I was using a pretty cruddy microphone. I don’t see Midomi ever becoming as popular as Google or Yahoo, but it’s still a fun way to search. By the way, Midomi is easily forgettable and probably wasn’t the best name to pick.

Wikiseek: A very simple search engine for Wikipedia (and more) that uses Ajax. It’s not that this search is anything special, but I wanted to stress the use of Ajax. The use of Ajax in search allows for even faster results and I’m surprised we haven’t seen this in more mainstream search engines.

Domainsbot: I had to question myself about putting this on the list. I decided to put it on the list for a one reason, the amount of time saved while using it. Now if you have ever looked for a domain using GoDaddy, you’ll now what I am talking about when I say time. With Domainsbot you put it the domain you are looking for and (using Ajax) it tells you if it’s available for purchase or not. It’s worth a try for anyone looking for that oh so special domain.