- Google has a virtual monopoly. Not good. Until I read an article int The Guardian Weekly 01.02.13 p. 27 by Tim Adams, I googled without considering other search engines. I HAVE FOUND ONE WHICH SHOW THAT GOOGLE IS DULL AND BORING. More about my choice later.
- Google has created wealth faster and more efficiently than any company in history.
- it is probably the most effective generator of advertising dollars ever invented.
- It knows a great deal about us which we may not want it to know.
Alternatives:
- DuckDuckGo. Good for unbiased searches, maintaining privacy, finding illicit content.
- Wolfram Alpha.Good for historical facts, mathematical problems, nutritional information, cheating on your crossword.
- Yossarian Lives! Good for generating ideas.
- Facebook Graph Search. Good for narrowing down photo searches or holiday recommendation, onlne dating.
- Startpage. Good for finding results without being spied on. (Compiled by Julia Chapman.)
My choice: (at least for now ) is Yossarian Lives! A photo-based search engine that uses metaphors to generate images related to your search. Rather than web results, it provides pictures representing related ideas. I was so excited when I discovered this site.
Example -
Example -
- go to Yossarian Lives!
- search for NEWS & VIEWS hantsport
- many colour pics appear.
- click on pic of mayor and councillors at public meeting
- click visit page
- and there is the page from the blog and info about the meeting.
And of course you can bookmark your favorite. I 'm going to bookmark them all.
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