1. www.bing.com - Bing, previously known as Live search, is a search engine from Microsoft advertised as "a decision engine". Bing was introduced to not only search for the person's needs but also provide them with related searches. What I found that was interesting on Bing, was how the background changes daily. The background is mostly of locations around the world, and when you scroll over it, it gives details of this location. I also liked how on the bottom of the screen it gives actual pictures of what news was trending rather than words.
2. www.wolfamalpha.com - This search engine is a computational knowledge engine created by Wolfram Research. It gives access to world facts, data, and calculates answers across a range of topics. It will not answer questions that would require a narrative response but will answer factual or computational questions. What I found interesting about this search engine is how if you ask it a mathematical question, it gives the answer as well as different ways to find the answer to better understand the question.
3. www.ask.com - Ask, formally known as Ask Jeeves, was founded in 1995. Ask.com is notorious as malware because it secretly installs a hard to remove toolbar that harvests a user's personal information without the users knowledge. What I like about Ask is that the answer are from real people, but they did this due to their competition, so its strictly a Q&A type search engine.
4. www.yahoo.com - Yahoo! is an American multinational internet corporation. It was founded in 1994 and formally known as "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web." It is globally known for its web portals, search engines and related services. What I like about Yahoo! is that not only is it a search engine but also a web page that you can change to your interests.
5. www.dogpile.com - Dogpile was founded in 1995. It gets it results from the top search engines and combines the results into one. It is supposed to make a search easier since it piles all the results from the websites together. What I like about dog pile is the mascot, Arfie, readily awaiting to help you.
6. www.duckduckgo.com - is a search engine that protects the user's privacy and avoids filters. It gets it's information from the best sources rather than the most sources, which is what I find most interesting.
7. www.blekko.com - blekko is stated to have a better search engine than the prior ones stated due to having results gathered from over three billion trusted websites. It also searches by using "slash tags" that are supposed to make it easier allowing ease to categorize searches.
8. www.yandex.com - This search engine is a Russian internet company, founded with roots back to 1990. It is the largest search engine in Russia and also has internet services and products. This search engine is very useful if searching for things for another country, it is pretty much a google but used in other countries.
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