Ten Search Engines Youve Never Heard of (And Cant Live Without)

Internet search has been likened to a giant horseshoe magnet finding iron needles in giant haystacks of data. But search results are often too broad, and that has created the need for more personalized search. Social bookmarking became the first Web 2.0 r

Lets you search and download files from file sharing and uploading sites.

Cant hack Craigslist? Not sure if youre in the market for a bike or a boat? This meta-search engine finds free online classified ads of all kinds.

What are the words to Sugar, Sugar? This site lets you search for song lyrics and videos.

Hungry? This user-generated urban lifestyle guide will help you find the best Thai place in town.

Remember when this was free on Yahoo? Well, free people search is back.

A human-powered search engine for finding online video.

A constantly growing catalog of 2.0 search tools on the Web.

Horrified at long lists of search query results? This tool allows you to visualize search results.

A meta-search tool that lets you search large media sites as well as social search engines.

Tafiti, which means do research in Swahili, is an experimental search front-end from Microsoft, designed to help people use the Web.

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