I've put together a list of 150+ general web search engines; that is to say, search engines that search the web. It is not a complete listing, nor is it a 'best of'; it's just a collection of engines that I know about and that I've blogged about as well. There's a few specialist ones too! If you know of a general search engine that I've not included, please email me!
"BabelNet is both a multilingual encyclopedic dictionary, with lexicographic and encyclopedic coverage of terms, and a semantic network which connects concepts and named entities in a very large network of semantic relations, made up of about 15 million entries, called Babel synsets. Each Babel synset represents a given meaning and contains all the synonyms which express that meaning in a range of different languages. Its evolution, BabelNet live, is a new, continuously growing resource, .."
'Not so long ago a friend came to stay with me for a few months. He was a film buff so every night he'd put on a different movie for us to watch ranging from classic Clint Eastwood to Lost Boys. My friend's tastes were quite varied but the movies he chose were always enjoyable and interesting in some way. When he moved out I really missed having a movie already picked out to watch for the night. That's why I made Lazyday. It helps me find movies to watch ..'
"Malware Hunter is a specialized Shodan crawler that explores the Internet looking for command & control (C2s) servers for botnets. It does this by pretending to be an infected client that's reporting back to a C2. Since we don't know where the C2s are located the crawler effectively reports back to every IP on the Internet as if the target IP is a C2. If the crawler gets a positive response from the IP then we know that it's a C2."
"Sideways dictionary - it's like a dictionary, but using analogies instead of definitions. Use it as a tool for finding and sharing helpful analogies to explain technology. Because if everyone understands technology better, we can make technology work better for everyone."
"Max Planck Digital Library
Digital information has become indispensable to the daily routine of every researcher, in fields from educational research to astrophysics, from coal research to chemical ecology. An article is downloaded every second, a new publication goes out every 10 minutes. Research data, delivered in highly organized form. It is MPDL's goal to enable and orchestrate this information flow for all Max Planck Society researchers."
"XTORX: the fastest torrent search engine in the World!
It finds quickly your torrent files through the Web, and returns the most reliable results.
Shows results from torrent files websites like the old The Pirate Bay and Btjunkie."
"Carrot2 is an Open Source Search Results Clustering Engine. It can automatically organize small collections of documents (search results but not only) into thematic categories."
"his gateway to Tor hidden services provides convenient access to Tor hidden services. It is a pure proxy that forwards requests to the respective hidden service. We do not store any data and are not liable for the content."
"This is a Proxy to WEB for browse website anonymous. It is a pure proxy that forwards requests for browse website in anonymous. We do not store any data and are not liable for the content.
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"Follow That Page is a change detection and notification service that sends you an email when your favourite web pages have changed. We monitor the web for you.
Message to Glastonbury fans: many of you come to us hoping that Follow That Page will alert you when extra tickets are available. However, it appears they have currently blocked our service from monitoring their site. So please don't expect too much."
"Introduction to the Knowledge Graph API
The Google Knowledge Graph API reveals entity information related to a keyword, that Google knows about. This information can be very useful for SEO - discovering related topics and what Google believes is relevant. It can also help when trying to claim/win a Knowledge Graph box on search results. The API requires a high level of technical understanding, so this tool creates a simple public interface, with the ability to export data into spreadsheets."
"Intelligence X is a search engine and data archive.
Intelligence X is an independent European technology company founded in 2018 by Peter Kleissner. The company is based in Prague, Czech Republic. Its mission is to develop and maintain the search engine and data archive."
"PDF Drive is your search engine for PDF files. As of today we have 75,092,479 eBooks for you to download for free. No annoying ads, no download limits, enjoy it and don't forget to bookmark and share the love!"
"ACCELERATE THE PRIVACY TRANSITION.
A transition to a privacy-centric online environment is now inevitable, but the complexity of finding privacy violations is slowing down change. At webXray we make it easy for anybody to find privacy violations anywhere on the web, thereby accelerating the privacy transition."
"There is literally nothing Copernic can't find.
Join thousands of users worldwide as they use Copernic's powerful and proven search solutions to hunt down those ever-elusive files they need to get their jobs done. Copernic matches professionals with the information they need, right when they need it."