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List of People search engines. This is a list of articles about search engines, including web search engines, selection-based search engines, metasearch engines, desktop search tools, and web portals and vertical market websites that have a search facility for online databases.

List of People search engines

By content/topic General P2P search engines Geographically limited scope Semantic Accountancy IFACnet Business Computers Enterprise Funnelback: Funnelback SearchJumper 2.0: Universal search powered by Enterprise bookmarkingOracle Corporation: Secure Enterprise Search 10gQ-Sensei: Q-Sensei EnterpriseTeraText: TeraText Suite Fashion Fashion Net Food/Recipes Genealogy Mocavo.com: family history search engine Mobile/Handheld Job Legal Medical News People Real estate / property Television TV Genius Video Games Wazap (Japan) By information type. List of academic databases and search engines. Wikipedia list article This article contains a representative list of notable databases and search engines useful in an academic setting for finding and accessing articles in academic journals, institutional repositories, archives, or other collections of scientific and other articles.

Databases and search engines differ substantially in terms of coverage and retrieval qualities.[1] Users need to account for qualities and limitations of databases and search engines, especially those searching systematically for records such as in systematic reviews or meta-analyses.[2] As the distinction between a database and a search engine is unclear for these complex document retrieval systems, see: Top 25 Web 2.0 Search Engines for College Students. Online search is now a multi-billion dollar industry, with Google alone grossing over $3.5 billion in profits last year.

Top 25 Web 2.0 Search Engines for College Students

It’s no wonder why so many newcomers are hopping on the search bandwagon, hoping to become the next Google. And those new search engines that may stand the best chance to become the next Google all share one common element — the use of Web 2.0 technology that they hope will increase search result relevance. We’ve picked out of favorite ones for college students so try them out for your next paper, online college rankings search, project, accredited online schools search or personal entertainment. Here are 25 such engines. Some offer functionality that’s slowly making its way into traditional search engines. Mashups and Tagging Many of the new search engines use the modular functionality of Web 2.0: mash together several services and add new features.

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Five Steps to Effective Keyword Research - Search Engine Guide Blog

Keyword research is a vitally important aspect of your search engine optimization campaign. If your site is targeting the wrong keywords, the search engines and your customers may never find you, resulting in lost dollars and meaningless rankings. By targeting the wrong keywords, you not only put valuable advertising dollars at risk, you are also throwing away all the time and energy you put into getting your site to rank for those terms to begin with. If you want to stay competitive, you can't afford to do that. The keyword research process can be broken down into the following phases: Phase 0 - Demolishing Misconceptions Phase 1 - Creating the list and checking it twice Phase 2 - Befriending the keyword research tool Phase 3 - Finalizing your list Phase 4 - Plan your Attack Phase 5 - Rinse, Wash Repeat Phase 0 - Demolishing Misconceptions Over the years, we've had the opportunity to work with a wide array of wonderful clients.

Or so they thought. Good luck! Four Nets for Better Searching. Top 10 Alternative Search Engines of 2008. Editor's Note: This list was contributed by Charles Knight, editor of AltSearchEngines, a former RWW network blog.

Top 10 Alternative Search Engines of 2008

In terms of user experience, the gap between the major search engines and their alternatives continues to widen -- a lot. Google has been compared to a luxury liner that turns around very, very slowly, whereas the startups are speedboats that can turn (or innovate) on a dime. I guarantee that if you try any of these top 10 alternative search engines of 2008, you won't come away saying, "Hey, that was just like Google. " 2008 was the year when the ubiquitous white home page with the rectangular search box in the center finally "jumped the shark. " This template belongs in the past, not the future, of search. As evidence of just how much the landscape is changing, three of our top 10 products require one-time downloads: once thought to be the kiss of death when Google sits in wait.

How many of these 10 search tools had you used, seen, or even heard of before today? 1. 2. 3. 4. List of online databases.