Filtered search engine that presents related terms in a web + displays results for web sites, pictures, and some key facts on the right side of the page. Suggested by Jeremy Carver, 5/7/2012;
**** NOTE: as of 5/7/2012 this site claims not to work in Internet Explorer ****
"To understand thoroughly and intuitively" - A search tool that show the inter-relatedness of a topic and allows users to graphically see the information relations.
For over 6 years, this PDF search engine has made finding PDFs, eBooks and documents a breeze. Download and print, or read online.
PrintFu is the original free PDF search engine.
Photosforclass.com includes built-in #creativecommons search engine. Great search engine for free images that include image citations. Safe G Rated images.
Cleanse your techie soul a little by using this fully functional Bing/Yahoo search engine that donates money to the WWF to protect the rainforest. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools
a shift from its founding philosophy of “organizing the world’s information,” to one that is far more active in deciding how that information should appear.
Google keeps blacklists to remove certain sites or prevent others from surfacing in certain types of results. These moves are separate from those that block sites as required by U.S. or foreign law,
Far from being autonomous computer programs oblivious to outside pressure, Google’s algorithms are subject to regular tinkering from executives and engineers who are trying to deliver relevant search results, while also pleasing a wide variety of powerful interests and driving its parent company’s more than $30 billion in annual profit.
Alternatives - Microsoft's BING - DuckDuckGo and Yahoo. check them out when you get time
Google said 15% of queries today are for words, or combinations of words, that the company has never seen before, putting more demands on engineers to make sure the algorithms deliver useful results.
How do you connect your post/content to future searches? Tagging only gets you so far. Thus, Google "tinkers" with the algorithm to product "the best" results. Interesting & concerning!
ALGORITHMS ARE effectively recipes in code form, providing step-by-step instructions for how computers should solve certain problems. They drive not just the internet, but the apps that populate phones and tablets.
Yet, we never (almost never) eat the same thing (recipe) twice in a day. We indulge ourselves with comfort food, yes. And we seek out new taste sensations.
A great simple music search engine that streams free music from Grooveshark up an uncluttered page. Search by title, artist or album. You can get the widget to embed and then stream music from your own site.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music%2C+Sound+%26+Podcasts
A search engine that presents search results visually which makes it easy to distinguish between text, image and video sources. Images can be enlarged and videos can be watched on the search page.
Search engine - with readability built in
"Twurdy uses text analysis software to "read" each page before it is displayed in the results. Then Twurdy gives each page a readability level. Twurdy then shows the readability level of the page along with a color coded system to help users determine how easy the page will be to understand."