5 Excellent Social/Traditional Search Engines
May 8th, 2008 by Andy Merchant
I’m always on the look out for the ultimate search engine, something that ticks all the boxes and can rival Google, for my needs at least. So today I’m going to give you a run down, in no particular order, of some of the better social/traditional search engines that I use.
Carrot2 is the first offering. The main reason i like Carrot2 is because after you have typed in your search criteria, you get a three tabbed architecture-style breakdown of topics, sources and sites that help to break down your search criteria even further. View an example here.
Search Crystal is next up. It calls itself a search visualisation tool, which is probably the reason I like it. You can also share your results via email easily or embed them into your blog. View an example here.
Addic-to-matic is a new search engine that i have recently come across, it’s much more about social news and social bookmarking sites in the style of a Netvibes page. View an example here.
Whonu is essentially a Google search front end with the option of adding Ask or Yahoo! results, the reason i use it is because it is very simple. Type in your search and then hover over one of the subcategories to perform an advanced search. View example here.
Cluuz if my final offering - “Cluuz patent pending, core technology understands the relationship between the entities, terms, or persons searched, leading to more relevant, easy to understand search results.” Again it’s a nice visual play on search engines and offers something a little different to the norm. View an example here.
Other notable options are the Joongle browser search engine plug-ins that i use a lot, especially the Social option, these are handy go-to options when all else fails.
As always if you want to recommend other good social/traditional search engine options, please let me know.
Tags: , search engine, social search, traditional search
