A Day without Google?
I know. I know. It’s okay. I know. Breathe… We at AltSearchEngines are actually asking everyone to go one day (6 am - midnight), this Tuesday, without using one of the major search engines; Google, Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, or Ask.
Instead, try one of the alt search engines. The list of the most recent Top 100 is here. Then on Wednesday, please leave a detailed comment describing how it went, and share your experience with other readers.
Some ground rules:
1. All day Tuesday, June 12th, don’t use any of the 5 major search engines.
2. Avoid Meta search engines, since most of them include the major search engines. (for this day only! Meta search engines are important; see the Great Debate Tuesday night!)
3. Likewise, the specialized vertical search engines may be too narrowly focused. (for this day only. It’s the vertical search engines that usually search the best; within their niche.)
4. Consider changing your homepage or downloading their toolbar. You can always uninstall everything and change back on Wednesday.
5. On Wednesday, leave a detailed comment under this post and share your experience with the rest of us. Which alt search engine did you chose? How would you rate the experience?
It’s only one day. It’s only one day. It’s only…
Seriously, this is a real experiment. I didn’t think of it, I read an article by Larry Dignan from Between the Lines , which gave me the idea of trying it here. These alternative search engines have worked very hard to get your attention; please try one -just for Tuesday- and leave your supportive feedback. Good Luck!
June 10th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
I’m gonna try this… I hope I survive!
June 10th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
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June 10th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
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June 11th, 2007 at 4:46 am
Ok, I will try
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June 11th, 2007 at 8:56 am
Hi! I’ve thought that is a good proposal for the web, so I’ve posted a short italian version of the alternative search engines ‘ day.
greetings from Rome, Italy
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June 11th, 2007 at 10:40 am
This sounds like something interesting
I am gonna try this.
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oh man - this’ll be a tough one!! well, i’ll have to think about it
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June 11th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Hi,
Why not ?
Excuse my english ’cause i’m french.
I’tried Kartoo (interest but so …slow compared to G…..)
I like also and more…Copernic (I’ve no job at the moment but I’ll rather buy “professionnal edition”)
As we said “Keep an alternative….who knows…”
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June 11th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
Which ones count as “Meta Search” engines? I know many are listed in the top 100 as MetaSearch (as opposed to image/blog/etc), but it seems like just about all of them have at least some results from places like Ask and MSN at the very least. For example, would Clusty count as “Meta”?
Great idea by the way! Planning on doing it and talking any other “tech” people I know to do it too!
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December 13th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
Why not? I dont linke google and yahoo
December 16th, 2007 at 4:57 am
I am gonna try this
December 27th, 2007 at 4:04 am
Great idea , i’ll have to think about it
April 1st, 2008 at 8:17 am
I’m in…