The Top 100 Alternative Search Engines, March
The Top 10 FAQ about the Top 100 List:
1. Why 100? Editor’s note: The entire list is available at the end of this post.
The silly reason is because it is next in line after the 1 Search Engine of the Year (SEY), which is selected from amongst the 10 total Search Engines of the Month (see Dec 2007), but less than the 1,000 that we launched with last June.
The serious reason is that it takes a good 100 in order to show you the diversity of search engines out there - just look at the descriptions of the attached file(s). The best People search engines, Job, Health, Media, Local, Social, Semantic, Image, etc., etc. The alternative search engines are nothing if not diverse. But still, at 10 minutes each, it would take you more than 16 hours to check them all out! (I only know of one person who regularly does that - do you?)
2. How are the Top 100 selected?
For the AltSearchEngines list, this is how: I start with the Top 100 from February and add every search engine that was displayed on AltSearchEngines during the month. In February, there were 49 new search engines shown, so I start with 149. Can you imagine knocking down 149 good choices to 100? It’s not easy! But to answer the question, I delete search engines until I am down to 100 again, and that’s how the best search engines get integrated into the March list.
3. What about the Search Engine of the Month (SEM)?
Same principle - I look back on February’s news stories to see which search engine had the most significant development - in my humble opinion. Last month’s SEM was ChaCha.
4. What if I don’t like your choices?
First, leave a comment - as an individual. Second, be prepared. We will soon be launching our newest feature, a Top 100 list where you the reader will get to vote for your favorite engines. Then we’ll compare my choices to yours (as a group).
5. How do I find old versions of the List?
Most are under the Top 100 tab at the top of this page (June 2007 - February 2008), and the very old ones are in the ReadWriteWeb archives (Jan-May 2007), but of course older lists tend to be very outdated.
6. What if I want you to look at another alternative search engine this month?
Email it to me at at: Charles@ReadWriteWeb.com, or leave a comment if you want others to see it.
7. What if I have a question about the Top 100 not mentioned here?
Click on the Join the Forum box to the right and, once inside, click on the “Ask Charles” tab.
8. Who is not on the Top 100 list? (or, Why don’t I see my favorite search engine?)
Good question! My guesstimate is that 1,300 search engines are not shown. We have no list of those for you, so we plan to start a Master database where together we can create a directory of all alternative search engines.
9. I don’t want to talk to you. How can I talk to other readers?
Great! Join the forum and interact with the other ASE readers.
10. Who is the Search Engine of the Month for March?
It’s
In February, EveryZing launched two very exciting uses for their technology. Not just new tweaks or basic features, but major new applications / products: ezSearch and ezSEO. Rather than just write the information all over again, please go to the posts that that covered it all here for ezSEO and here for ezSearch.
Get the entire Top 100 list here as .xls The Top 100 Alternative Search Engines, March 2008
and here as .pdf The Top 100 Alternative Search Engines, March 2008
March 5th, 2008 at 1:08 am
Great job on the list, took me a bit to figure out where the list was, but good job still!
March 17th, 2008 at 4:15 am
why not use ranking.com to see how popular your top 100 are. Targ8 is very popular in the I’m and now ranks as the 7th most popular “all in one” meta search engine. http://Www.targ8 .co.I’m is the I’m site & http://www.targ8.com is for most. The top 100 directly searches the top 100 searchable sites from one place. Hence target8 also educates its users to new sites to search.
March 25th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Try this new unique metasearch - TripleMe http://www.tripleme.com
TripleMe.COM fetching you results from Yahoo, Google and MSN Live on one screen in three columns side by side, allowing users to quickly find relevant links for the search string they entered.
TripleMe Search Engine supports search requests in all languages, netting a global reach where users anywhere in the world can easily search top results for Google, Yahoo and MSN. In addition, users can also perform local and global searches; something not currently offered with other metasearch engines.
According to TripleMe users statistic data for 3 months, 40% of results found in the Google column, 31% of results found in the Yahoo column and 27% of results found in the MSN Live column.
3 in 1 solution is definitely the way of searching today.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:29 am
Top 100 list search engine…nice idea…very useful…not easy job…..thanks bos, Iwant to know more information…
April 1st, 2008 at 6:12 pm
The first site I’ve ever been to where its most relevant piece of content can only be accessed via an Excel download or PDF. It’s almost like you are intentionally trying to be irrelevant.
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:04 am
What’s so difficult posting the list in plain old HTML? Is it here somewhere? I’m not even gonna try finding it. Bye.
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:06 am
Another question for your wonderful top 10 FAQ: Where is the list?
April 17th, 2008 at 8:05 am
where is the list???!!!???
April 21st, 2008 at 8:52 pm
The list is really not that hard to find. I liked it. Good job on the research and keep it up.
May 7th, 2008 at 7:59 am
Where is that list?
August 8th, 2008 at 1:11 am
Kut, I think it will be not heavy to make such list… But I think that there is no sense in it - as only the first positions play a role.
August 8th, 2008 at 5:58 am
nice idea The Top 100… very useful… Great job on the list, took me a bit to figure out where the list was, but good job still!