Search sites 2007

 

http://www.technorati.com/

 

A blog search service.

 

http://www.technorati.com/blogs/bestbloghosting.biz%2Fdentistry

 

http://www.chacha.com/

 

You can sign up and get a search guide.

 

http://www.rollyo.com/

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.

 

http://www.kosmix.com/

 

Searches by categories. Part of Ziif Davis/PC Magazine

 

http://clusty.com/

 

arranges results in lists.

 

http://www.vimo.com/dentists/state/Massachusetts/

 

http://www.ask.com/

 

was ask jeeves. Orders them by popularity among pages considered to be experts on the topic of your search.

 

http://www.stumbleupon.com/

 

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.

 

http://www.nettrekker.com/

 

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  basics

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

 http://search.msn.com

 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

 www.Expedia.com

  www.orbitz.com

 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.mamma.com/

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.