Top 15 Web 2.0 Search Engines

Bored searching in Google?

Try out some new search engines. All are using Web 2.0 technology. They might become the next "Google". Who knows.

:-)

1. similicio.us - find similar sites to your given URL. It's a mashup of del.icio.us.

2. Ajaxwhois - find domain registration information faster. Start typing, when you stop, it sends out a query.

3. Whonu - offers over 300 search sources and a smart interface that contextualizes what you enter.

4. Kartoo - partitions results into several categories, some serious, some frivolous. The presentation, however, is quite different, displayed in little clusters using Flash and icons of a sheet of paper for each result.

5. Quintura - presents text or image search results in a minimalist but graphic form resembling a freeform tag cloud.

6. KwMap - "a keyword map for the whole Internet". Type in a keyword or phrase, and an unusual interface appears.

7. Ujiko - remind you some sort of a video game, presenting results in both a central circle as well as in rows surrounding the circle.

8. Tagnautica - minimalist interface: a black background and a "CLICK HERE" message. Fascinating photo search parardigm that's lots of fun and definitely visually inspiring.

9. Topix - search for topical Web pages and narrow the search to a certain time period. Clicking on a particular day produces results ordered reverse chronologically from that day backwards.

10. Wink - find and connect with people online. It uses Ajax.

11. Omgili - discussion-based engine. A list of links to members is provided who have answered questions relating to a given keywords.

11. Retrievr - Start with an image (via URL or uploaded) or a sketch from the user, which can be customized by line thickness and color. Images are then retrieved from flickr.

12. Tiltomo - Enter a single flickr tag or ask for random images. Once you have an array of images, you can find similar images either by theme or by color/ texture. Also try FlickrStorm.

13. Pixsy - search engine for pictures or videos selected from several sources including Buzznet, flickr, iStockphoto, Fotolia, YouTube, and others.

15. VDoogle - video search engine that draws its sources from 14 video sharing sites including YouTube, DailyMotion, iFilm.

Oh, one thing! I found these search engines using Google search. :)

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Page Last Update: 8 September 2008