Category: Online search tools and services

Google is planning an oceanographic parallel to Google Earth and Google Sky, giving users access to maps over the ocean floor.

Recently, Pandia reviewed Kosmix, a web portal and clustering engine rolled into one. We liked what we saw, so we talked to Venky Harinarayan, co-founder of Kosmix to find out more about how they see themselves in the search engine food chain.

Alltop SEO is an all-in-one page where you easily browse through the latest news from all the best SEO blogs. It’s a surefire way to tap into the SEO hivemind.

Are you looking for a specialized search engine to research a particular topic? Do you spend a lot of time doing research online or do you simply want to know more of the hundreds upon hundreds of search engines out there. We present the three best sites for researching search engines or finding that one search engine that delivers exactly what you need.

Omgili is a search engine that indexes web-based discussion boards to see if your question might already be answered somewhere out there on the web. Since we reviewed Omgili back in 2006 it have kept evolving and now spiders Digg, MySpace and other social media sites for answers. I talked to Ran Geva, CEO at Omgili, to find out what’s new.

Microsoft has redesigned its new search engine, and Pandia likes what it sees.

The Google News blog reports that Google has added personal quotes to search results.

In January, I interviewed Geoffrey McCaleb, Lead Architect/Founder of Nsyght, to get a look at the process of creating a new search engine. Nsyght is a human powered search engine harnessing the power of bookmarks, and this week Geoffrey and his team launched Nsyght beta.