Life Beyond Google: Some of the Best of the Rest [ABSTRACT]
Jinfo Blog
1st March 2008
Abstract
Google is still the behemoth of search engines, but there is a plethora of alternative search engines that provide features not readily available on Google. They may not have Google's range of products and services but, after all, how many free unlimited-storage email services do you need?
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Google is still the behemoth of search engines, but there is a plethora of alternative search engines that provide features not readily available on Google. They may not have Google's range of products and services but, after all, how many free unlimited-storage email services do you need?
What's Inside:
"None of these alternative search engines or search tools are likely to supplant Google as the default search engine, but all may be useful when you want a more specialised search or you need clustering tools to help you focus your query."
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