Alternative to Google?

[TheBlueRaja]

Anybody know a GOOD search engine other than Google? Its getting pretty useless now becaue no matter what i search for it just links you to some price comparison page or shops.

And anyone tried looking for a review of something - sheesh...

Anyhoo - any ideas?

 

[SPeedY_B]

Sponsored links are at the top. Search for "Item name review" and you'll find what you're after.

All other search engines either feed off Yahoo! / MSN / Google or are just useless.

 

[Not Bman]

www.vivisimo.com is a pretty cool new one. It takes all kinds of stuff and puts them into categories or clusters (on the left of the screen), then you can click on different categories and find what your looking for. Just look at it, you might like it......

Here is a search I did, just to show you how it looks when you find something....


http://vivisimo.com/search?query=music&v:sources=MSN,Netscape,Lycos,Looksmart,Overture

 

[rushm001]

The name doesn't rolls of the tongue like google though!

 

[xsivforce]

http://www.kartoo.com
http://www.alltheweb.com
http://www.teoma.com
http://www.mamma.com

 

[thebear]

www.alltheweb.com is probably the best alternative, since they have the 2nd largest database (3.1 billion pages compared to google's 3.3 billion pages)

 

[omg its nlm]

What about yahoo Thats the one I always use.

 

[Teddy]

What about yahoo Thats the one I always use.

Look at the very bottom of the page....

"Search Technology provided by Google"

 

[Grandmaster]

Though now Yahoo is going to ditch Google's technology in favor of their own.

 

[omg its nlm]

wow, i guess I never knew that.

 

[SPeedY_B]

Though now Yahoo is going to ditch Google's technology in favor of their own.

Wasn't that supposed to happen a loooooooooong time ago? Or are they just taking their time about it?

 

[Henyman]

it was posted not long ago the change over is very soon i think.

 

[TheBlueRaja]

No thats still going ahead - i *think* i saw an article about that the other day in theInquirer.

Thanks for all the alternative suggestions as well, i realise that the sponsored links are at the top, but it sucks because unless i want to buy something then its useless.

For example, i was looking for some new drivers for my Joytech/play.com, PS2 USB controller adapter, and the stuff that it was bringing up was just wrong so im moving on. It more than just that one thing, just a growing feeling of dissatisfaction with Google and the amount of Sponsored links they have these days (no i dont want to price compare a joypad thank you very much). The should be kept to the side on the right and not included in the main search.

Thanks guys.

BTW - First impressions www.alltheweb.com looks pretty good AND it defaults to searches in the English language only as well - ta thebear

 

[wag]

Try using copernic search agent. The basic version is free and finds stuff using a ton of search engines at the same time.

Check it out: http://www.copernic.com/en/index.html

 

[xsivforce]

ta thebear

Someone else mentioned it first.

 

[TheBlueRaja]

Doh!

 

[thebear]

Xsivforce, I'll be more than happy to steal your kudos anytime

 

[xsivforce]

Let's just say great minds think alike.