Despite popular belief, there is search engine life beyond Google. Dare I say, depending on what information you need or the way you search, there might be a search engine or site that would fit you better than Google would . I think the right way to frame it would be that Google should be one tool in your set of “search” tools, not your only one. Here are some you might want to try out.
Need a quick answer to the meaning of a business term or the profile of a company? Answer.com might be your key to unlocking that kind of information. This search site bases their answers on a rich database of esteemed publishers such as Columbia University Press, Barron’s and Houghton Mifflin, to name a few. “Answers” come back laid out in an easy to understand yet comprehensive way.
So new to search you might even need a person to guide you through it? ChaCha might be your answer, they work pretty much like a typical search engine, but what they have that no one else does is the capability to have a “live” search guide actually help you find exactly what you need for free. After typing in your search, if you can’t find what you’re looking for, simply click on “Chat Live with a Guide” and a window appears, after the session, you rate the guide as to how they were able to help you.
Just for the fun of it, and for those of you into Trivial Pursuit, Dialogus.ru may still be in beta mode but it is a cool tool when you need access to quick facts without wanting to bother with going through links and more links to find your answer. Simply type in your question and watch it go.
If you want to look into more alternative search engines try altsearchengine’s The Top 100 Alternative Search Engines .
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