Search sites 2007
A blog search service.
http://www.technorati.com/blogs/bestbloghosting.biz%2Fdentistry
You can sign up and get a search guide.
Short for roll your Own. You can set your own search parameters. There is a list of areas you can choose from and limit your search.
Searches by categories. Part of Ziif Davis/PC Magazine
arranges results in lists.
http://www.vimo.com/dentists/state/Massachusetts/
was ask jeeves. Orders them by popularity among pages considered to be experts on the topic of your search.
You make recommendations and help rate the sites.
http://www.draze.com/ most interesting of these.
combines google, msn and yahoo. Scrollable previews. Very slick- peek a boo.
for schools and students. Costs $4.95/month. Some schools have a log-in. filtered for kids through high school.
http://www.aftervote.com/default.aspx
uses google, msn and yahoo and lets you vote on results. Lets you know rankings.
http://www.cantfinditongoogle.com/
post searches that you can’t find. Other users can help you.
Searching
http://www.google.com/help/basics.html
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/ysearch/basics/basics-04.html
Research
www.answers.com Word definitions, explanations, biographies, general reference
MSN Near ME http://search.msn.com/
http://scholar.google.com papers on topics by university professors
www.blinkx.tv TV news, history channel, video clips, movie trailers
www.askjeeves.com type in questions in simple sentences. (ask.com is the same site)
www.answers.com word definitions, biographies, how things work
www.helponthe.net The tech Support Guy- free support- you just have to register- username and password.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/ Wonderful research and learning site
www.snopes.com Find out if the story or email you just received is legitemate.
Blogs
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1863345,00.asp
www.pubsub.com searches 9 million blogs
Online
Storage- new
www.streamload.com 10 GB free- online storage of photos, videos and data. $44/Year- unlimited uploads/1 GB/month download
Various
anonymous email- allows you to send an email to someone and they won't know it is from you. http://sharpmail.co.uk/html/index.cgi
Security-
virus/etc.
www.corestreet.com/spoofstick lets you know if you have received a fake email and checks the site. This is downloaded and put onto the top of your explorer and is a warning.
Office/personal
www.iprint.com print your business cards online
www.remindme.com - pop up for birthdays, anniversaries, etc.
Shopping
Google (froogle.com)
MSN (shopping.msn.com)
Yahoo (shopping.yahoo.com)
Become (www.become.com) looks at prodcut makes, magazine articles, online forums
Pricegrabber (www.pricegrabber.com)
PriceSCAN (www.pricescan.com)
Shopping (www.shopping.com)
Travel
Note- the search results may be weighted by the companies that give commissions
Yahoo Fare Chase http://farechase.yahoo.com searches the airline sites and the fare sites
Maps/Directions
Google Maps http://maps.google.com
www.mapquest.com easey maps and directions
Google Earth http://earth.google.com
Fun
www.wheresgeorge.com track your dollar bills and see where they have gone.
Other Search engines:
http://www.dogpile.com/ This searches Google, Yahoo, MSN and Ask all at the same time
www.copernic.com copernic agent goes through 13 search engines and stores the search on your computer if you want.