Click here for AnswerPool.com Home page


Google

    AnswerPool.com  Hop To Forum Categories  Computers  Hop To Forums  Computer Related Polls    What is your usual search engine, and what do you use as your 2nd Besr?

Moderators: Dwight
Go
Post
Find
Notify
Tools
Reply
  
  Login/Join 
Diamond Enthusiast

Picture of bedstor
Posted
What search engines do you use as a reliable back up if your usual search service does not come up with the goods?
I collect search engines and Search services and Post new ones if they look good.
So I'm spoilt for choice For my reserve list. Google is my No 1
and my current favorite as a back up is Trovando.it which is a brilliant "Multiengine" search engine site with the power of over 3000 search engines
Brilliant for helping find answers to queries Cool
Ps Close runner up before I discovered that site was www.zuula.com (has about 16 engines)
 
Posts: 13477 | Location: 6 miles west of Wigan UK | Registered: 06-05-02Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
Picture of Karrow
Posted Hide Post
Google very rarely lets me down, but on the odd occasion that it does I use Yahoo.

I've never heard of Trovando.it, so gave it a try. I wasn't impressed with the results that it gave. Perhaps it was me not using it correctly. Roll Eyes
 
Posts: 5062 | Location: UK | Registered: 06-05-02Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
Diamond Enthusiast

Picture of bedstor
Posted Hide Post
quote:
I've never heard of Trovando.it, so gave it a try. I wasn't impressed with the results that it gave. Perhaps it was me not using it correctly.

Karrow It works this way..

Enter your keyword search in then click on the search engine name you want to use below it...Comes up with all the pages for that search very fast and ...To switch engines (use the same keyword click on the other link in the Trovando frame ... comes up in no time flat Smile
With practice you can do several engines (searches) per minute ...even with dialup Smile
and to change the type of search altogether click on the Top of the windo (New sets of engines appear) Smile


On other multi search or "meta" search engines you'll get a mix and match sets of results and you have to wait awhile it compiles the results to display (often in a cut down form) Mad

The 2nd best search engine with a similar search method (and less engines ...only 16!) I found is called www.zuula.com
And all the engine changes are done by clicking on the Tabs(which you can swap to suit in Preferences)
That might be easier for you to operate? Trovando, if you go deep needs a bit of"knowing where you are going !" can get lost easily ... Razz
 
Posts: 13477 | Location: 6 miles west of Wigan UK | Registered: 06-05-02Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
Diamond Enthusiast
Winner, AP's First Annual Chili Cook-off


Picture of dogspit
Posted Hide Post
Google has always been my first choice. As for a 2nd best, I can use either MSN search or Alta Vista with reasonably good results.
 
Posts: 13884 | Location: "Cactus Patch" Arizona | Registered: 06-03-02Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
 Previous Topic | Next Topic powered by eve community  
 

    AnswerPool.com  Hop To Forum Categories  Computers  Hop To Forums  Computer Related Polls    What is your usual search engine, and what do you use as your 2nd Besr?

© 2002-2008 AnswerPool.com



Visit DiscussionPool.com!