Alternative Search Engines

There are literally hundreds of really great niche search engines on the Internet that focus on specific topics: images, jobs, blogs, etc. Here are my picks for the top ten alternative search engines out there on the Web.

Wolfram Alpha , a computational engine that answers fact-based queries, is a fascinating tool that many people are aware of, but don't use to its full capabilities. The following Wolfram Alpha shortcuts will help you frame your queries more efficiently and retrieve hyper-appropriate results.

Whether you're looking for home values, shopping for a new mortgage, or just doing some dreaming, Zillow is your best bet for an all-around real estate resource on the Web.

Rapidshare , one of the largest file hosting sites on the Web, does not offer a public search option to see what other people are uploading. However, you can get around that with Rapidshare search engines. Here are my picks for the top ten Rapidshare search engines; they're all easy to use, offer advanced file hosting sear

Here's my impression of Quintura, a tag cloud search engine.

Oodle is a search engine dedicated solely to scouring the Web for classified ads - auto classifieds, pet classifieds, loofah classifieds (it could happen), from 76 different metro areas and 197 colleges at the time of this writing. It's easy to use, and results are relevant and plentiful.

Droogle is a drink recipe search engine - yes, that's right; all Droogle focuses on are alcoholic drink recipes, mixed drink recipes, holiday drinks, and a ton more fun drink recipe stuff. It's a great way to look up drink recipes quickly and easily.

Find crime statistics, crime scene investigation information, police information and more with these Crime and Law Enforcement Search Engines.

BoardTracker is a search engine dedicated to only sifting through forums and online message boards. It's a highly targeted search engine and brought back relatively good results.

Codase is an extremely targeted search engine- it only searches and indexes source code. This is a developer's search engine, for sure.

Make your very own search engine and place it on your site or blog with Eurekster's Swicki, a "new kind of search engine that allows anyone to create deep, focused searches on topics you care about." Follow my step by step screenshot tutorial as I place a Swicki search engine on a website.

FoodieView is now one of my "must have" sites on the Web. Searchers can find all kinds of recipes on here from a multitude of different recipe sites, including Food Network, Wolfgang Puck, AllRecipes.com, Martha Stewart, and more.

Underground search engines are search engines designed to dig deep into the hidden, or invisible, part of the Web not easily accessed by general search queries. The following underground search engines focus on a wide variety of content areas - books, medial information, images, torrents, etc. You can use these search engines to unearth hidden gems of content.

Baidu is the largest Chinese language search engine in China today. Learn more about Baidu, its origins, its founder, what features Baidu offers, and basic Baidu search options.

There are a lot more than these five medical search engines out there; however, I've found these ones to be some of the most useful medical search engines that I've come across. Use these medical search engines to find answers to your medical questions, get more information about various health topics, or just to learn about something new.

Healthline.com is a medical information search engine. Healthline is solely dedicated to finding medical information online, and it offers medically filtered results developed by trained medical personnel. It's really an excellent tool for finding all kinds of medical information.

Find answers, not just search results, with BrainBoost. You can ask this unique search engine any question you want and it will retrieve answers for you (with related questions). Read my review of BrainBoost and see why it's now one of my favorite Web destinations.

Make your own search engine for your site or blog with Eurekster Swicki. You are in charge of the search results, the search terms, and how the search engine looks. Find out what a Swicki is and see if it's something you might want to place on your own website or blog.

Make your map search simple with National Geographic's Map Machine, a dedicated map search engine that searches only National Geographic's sizable database of maps: city maps, world maps, road maps, weather maps, United States maps, and much more.

Here's my profile of Gigablast, a search engine with some interesting features, good advanced search power, and an excellent user experience.

Russian search engines are search engines that focus specifically on Russian-specific content. You can use these search engines to find specific information on Russian resources, historical events, country demographics, people, and much more. More worldwide search engines How To Find World News On The Web International Search Engines

DuckDuckGo is an intriguing search engine that offers many special search features, including keyboard shortcuts, site search for hundreds of sites, and browser add-ons. Learn more about DuckDuckGo and how you can use it to make your Web searches more efficient.