Search Engines - Project 15

     It's amazing how many other search engines are available other than the ever popular Google. I went on a search just to see how many are out there and the number was may more than any I had ever expected. The engines consisted of many categories too, including but not limited to music, photo streaming, general searches, colleges, and medical. I was asked to narrow down to 8 search engines to further elaborate on and the list goes as follows: 

1. WolframAlpha- This search engine is absolutely amazing! It offers an abundance of resources available to all and is mainly directed toward educators. The site also refers to itself as a "computational knowledge engine". I played around on this site and found that you can ask it for help in almost any subject area and it will give you examples, suggestions and an abundance of resources relating to what you have searched for. You can ask WolframAlpha for help in just about everything including math, science, educational tools, astronomy, history, health, and geography just to name a few but their list goes on and on. 

2. Vimeo- This site is similar to the popular YouTube. The engine is used to post and stream videos on your computer. The site makes it to where there are no ads before or after your videos and you can stream it to friends and family members to that they can all share in on your memories. 

3. Icerocket- Meltwater Icerocket allows you the opportunity to search, submit your blogs, and to read top posts for the day. What is unique about this engine is that when you search it is also linked to Twitter and Facebook so that you can pull up trending results as well. 

4. Flickr- This is an online photo streaming connection. Once signed in you have the opportunity to view pictures from anywhere in the world and to upload your own pictures as well. Additionally, the site allows you to search specifically for subjects as well. 

5. Healia- Healia is a medical search engine that specializes in finding high quality and personalized health information. This site is more sophisticated than a WebMd and provides a better quality explanation to health related questions. 

6. Freebooksearch- As the name of this engine explains, this site allows you to search for free books using a simple and advanced search through the search engine. Along with ebooks available for search there are also audiobooks available. 

7. The college search engine- As the title states in this search engine, it is used by prospective college students to search for potential schools. The site shows and lists out all colleges available and what requirements are needed if one was wanting to attend. 

8. Sphere- This is an additional search engine that allows one to search through blogs and post your own blogs. This site works alongside Google Chrome and allows you to have a narrowed search through the general Google website.