There are a LOT of search engines online (at least 100), but there are a few that consistently rise to the top of the heap for two simple reasons: they're easy to use and they bring back great results. Here are the most popular search engines on the Web in 2009, according to Alexa, a Web stats measurement organization.
1. Google
Google has a great reputation for relevant and thorough search results, and is a good first place to start when searching.
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2. Yahoo
Yahoo is one of the Web's most popular destinations, offering Web search, an extensive subject directory, and many more services.
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3. YouTube
YouTube has grown to be the number one search engine for videos in just a few short years.
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4. Bing
Bing, formerly known as Microsoft Live, is the latest iteration of Microsoft's search engine offering.
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6. AOL Search
AOL Search has a few great features along with superior user-friendliness that make it a good tool in the searcher's toolbox.
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7. IMDB
The Internet Movie Database is the biggest movie database on the Web. Featuring top movies, movie news, movie reviews, movie trailers, movie showtimes, DVD movie reviews,celebrity profiles,etc., the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) truly is a mammoth depository of movie information.
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8. Ask
Ask.com, or just Ask, is a crawler-based search engine with lots and lots of cool features. Ask also is the parent company of such notable Web destinations as Ask for Kids, Bloglines, and Teoma, which is the underlying search technology for Ask's search.
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9. Mininova
Mininova is one of the largest torrent search engines on the Web, started in 2005.
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10. Facebook
Technically not a search engine because it does not search the Web for content; however, because Facebook is so large and has so many members, you can use it as a free people search engine.
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