All Web 2.0

Mahalo.com

Mahalo.com is a web directory (or human search engine) launched in alpha test in May 2007 by Jason Calacanis. As of January 2008, the project is in beta test. It differentiates itself from algorithmic search engines like Google and Ask.com, as well as other directory sites like DMOZ and Yahoo by tracking and building hand-crafted result sets for many of the currently popular search terms. Mahalo means "thank you" in Hawaiian. Mahalo's directory employs human editors to review websites and write...

Scour

Scour Inc. was a multimedia search engine on the internet, and provided Scour Exchange, an early peer-to-peer file exchange service. Scour was founded by five students (Vince Busam, Michael Todd, Dan Rodriques, Jason Droege and Kevin Smilak) from the Computer Science Deptartment of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1997. It moved into the spotlight in 1999 when former Disney president Michael Ovitz bought about a quarter of its shares.The company's early products were an SMB s...

A Look at the latest Web Search Engines : 2008

With Google, Yahoo and MSN Live, 3 of the biggest search engines around, What makes these newly released web search engines different?   Search Engine Overview Powerset's goal is to change the way people interact with technology by enabling computers to understand our language. While this is a difficult challenge, we believe that now is the right time to begin the journey. Powerset is first applying its natural language processing to search, aiming to improve the way we find informat...

List of general Search Engines

Alexa Internet - Alexa Internet, Inc. is a California-based subsidiary company of Amazon.com that is best known for operating a website that provides information on web traffic to other websites. Ask.com (formerly Ask Jeeves) - Ask.com is a search engine started in 1996 by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen in Berkeley, California. Baidu (Chinese) - Baidu is the leading Chinese search engine for websites, audio files, and images. Baidu offers 57 search and community services including an o...

December 2008 Alexa Global Top Sites

Alexa is a very powerful tool used to rank web site traffic. Find out how your web site traffic stacks up against all your competitors! .. Yahoo! - Personalized content and search options. Chatrooms, free e-mail, clubs, and pager. Google - Enables users to search the Web, Usenet, and images. Features include PageRank, caching and translation of results, and an option to find similar pages. The company's focus is developing search technology. YouTube - YouTube is a way to get your vid...