AltSearchEngines has just released its latest Top 100 Alternative Search Engines list. ASE tracks over 1,000 "alts" in all, so choosing the top 10% is a pretty big deal. One

Tafiti is a new experimental search site from Microsoft. It has rich visualizations and aims to meet the needs of people doing research on the Web. Tafiti runs on the Continue reading »

Based on log file evidence from a friend who runs a personal website, Rich Skrenta claims that only 11 search startups are actually crawling the web. He wonders where all Continue reading »

Read/WriteWeb network blog AltSearchEngines has just published the August Top 100 Alt Search Engine list. Here is the excel spreadsheet; the full list is on ASE. This week AltSearchEngines also Continue reading »

Read/WriteWeb network blog AltSearchEngines has launched a fascinating series today. It's a 3-part series attempting to define what is a search engine. While it's focused on 2007, the series will Continue reading »

The International Herald Tribune had a good article recently about the search market in South Korea. It points out that local search company Naver.com has more than 77 percent of Continue reading »

Our sister site AltSearchEngines has just published their latest Top 100 Alt Search Engine list, which is eagarly anticipated every month. This month's list has 'gone global' - from now Continue reading »

One of the new features on AltSearchEngines, the R/WW Network blog edited by Charles Knight, is The Great Debates. Every Tuesday night at 8pm EST / 5pm PST, ASE hosts Continue reading »

Yesterday was the Day Without Google, a one-day blog event organized by AltSearchEngines. A lot of people tried to last a day without using Google's ubiquitous search engine, and in Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/software/Today_is_Google_Free_Day_Could_You_Do_It'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Are you ready to spend a whole day, today (Tuesday), without using Google? There are literally hundreds of alternative search Continue reading »