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Search engines which provide specialised search results.

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Resources in This Category

• AlternativeTo

  http://alternativeto.net/
  Alternatives to software applications are organized into categories and can also be searched according to platforms and tags.

• Clusterpat.com

  http://www.clusterpat.com/
  Search engine for US and European patents. Results from several sources are merged in a single list or in clusters. Order by relevance or date.

• ColorOf

  http://www.colorof.com/
  A color search engine meant to find items in defined colors.

• Creative Commons Search

  http://search.creativecommons.org/
  Powered by Nutch, it searches for content which can be re-used (for some uses) without having to pay or ask permission.

• Crwlr.net

  http://crwlr.net/
  Finds active web servers and receives whatever information those servers disclose. Some of the features require free registration.

• Dooblet

  http://dooblet.com/
  Find the alternatives to a broad range of subjects.

• Ecofreek

  http://www.ecofreek.com/
  Searches the web for free and 'for swap/trade' items people no longer need.

• Globalogiq HTML Code Search Engine

  http://globalogiq.com/htmlcodesearch.htm
  Searches within HTML source code and http headers. Free demo requires registration.

• Google minus Google

  http://www.startupbin.com/google-google/
  Search with Google without getting results from Google sites such as Knol, Blogger and YouTube.

• GrantVine

  http://www.grantvine.net/
  Searchable grants database and assistance programs for individuals.

• Green Maven

  http://www.greenmaven.com/
  Green Search Engine which provides environmentally aware results, includes news and products.

• IFAC net

  http://www.ifacnet.com/
  Global accountancy search engine, provides industry articles, guidelines and management tools.

• Jumobi

  http://jumobi.com/
  Searches for mobile-friendly websites by keyword or category.

• Lionseek

  http://www.lionseek.com/
  A search engine that scans the 'for sale' sections of online forums and organizes the data to make the search experience more efficient.

• Lullar

  http://com.lullar.com/
  Searches for profiles on social networking sites by e-mail, first, last name and username.

• NiSearch

  http://nisearch.com/
  Finds documents in .pdf, .doc, .ppt, .xls, .rtf and html format. Requires registration.

• Online Webpage Image Downloader and ImageInfo Grabber

  http://www.owidig.com/
  Grabs and lists image content and information from websites with filtering options. It also offers downloading of grabbed images and social network sharing of grabbed images.

• Panjoy

  http://www.panjoy.com/
  Searches for recipes by ingredients, title, celebrity chefs.

• PeekYou

  http://www.peekyou.com/
  Searches for names and usernames across a variety of social networking sites and even among Wikipedia editors, registers users of SourceForge, Launchpad and My Opera. Searching can be refined by location and age.

• Peoplefinder.com

  http://peoplefinder.com/
  Allows users to perform free white page type searches as well as reverse address, phone and area code lookups.

• Quicko

  http://quicko.im/
  Presents a search results page from which relevant results can easily be selected then browsed sequentially without opening new tabs or windows.

• RSSsearchhub

  http://www.rsssearchhub.com/
  Search for RSS, Rdf and Atom feeds or search the feeds.

• Search IM

  http://www.search-im-info.com/
  Offers search for users of Skype, Yahoo, AIM, ICQ, Google Talk and MSN messenger by their hobbies, work/profession, interests and anything else they include in their 'about me' pages.

• SearchIRC

  http://searchirc.com/
  Search Internet Relay Chat rooms and networks.

• Search[code]

  http://searchco.de/
  A code specific search engine. API documentation, code snippets and open-source repositories are indexed and searchable.

• SeeSources.com

  http://seesources.com/
  A service to check papers for passages plagiarized from the web.

• sengine.info

  http://www.sengine.info/
  Searches sites by domain name, title, keywords and IP address.

• SHODAN

  http://www.shodanhq.com/
  Search for computers based on software, geography, operating system, IP address. For example, it can find servers running Apache 2.2.3 on Windows 2000 in Switzerland.

• Similar Pages

  http://www.similarpages.com/
  A search engine for finding similar and alternatives websites. Works on a dataset of about 200 million sites.

• Similar Site Search

  http://www.similarsitesearch.com/
  Helps to find similar, related, or alternative websites. Based on user generated tags.

• Similarkind

  http://www.similarkind.com/
  Helps users find new alternatives or similar content.

• SimilarSites

  http://www.similarsites.com/
  Finds alternatives to popular websites.

• Sites Like Search

  http://www.siteslikesearch.com/
  Helps to find similar or alternative websites.

• SkillPages

  http://www.skillpages.com/
  SkillPages is creating new opportunities for everyone everywhere.

• Social Search

  http://status.idolbin.com/
  Search for someone's status and shares on Facebook, Twitter & Google Buzz.

• Social Searcher

  http://www.social-searcher.com/
  Facebook search without logging in. Finds images, pages, posts by keywords.

• Spokeo People Search

  http://www.spokeo.com/
  Finds personal photos, videos, and other information across social media platforms.

• Stinky Teddy

  http://www.stinkyteddy.com/
  Combines results from several sources to present the latest user-generated content. Its "buzz-o-meter" measures the current level of activity concerning the topic on Twitter.

• Stylig

  http://stylig.com/
  Collaborative fashion content search engine, indexes selected fashion blogs and online magazines.

• Sysoon

  http://www.sysoon.com/
  Dead people search engine. Search by name, year or social security number (reverse lookup).

• Taggl

  http://taggl.net/
  Searches various applications, including del.icio.us, flickr, Scribd, YouTube, for tags.

• The Internet Spec List

  http://graphcomp.com/info/specs/
  Search engine for Request For Comments (RFC). Also organized according to topic.

• TopicDash

  http://www.topicdash.com/
  Tracks the latest popular content on the web: Facebook, Twitter etc.

• Triplify

  http://www.triplify.com/
  What's on guide for travelers, including festivals, sports and events.

• Veromi

  http://www.veromi.net/
  Offers services that include general people searches, criminal background checks, real property, death and marriage.

• VideoStep

  http://www.videostep.com/
  Indexes video files that can be embedded and makes them available to publishers and website owners.

• Wolfram|Alpha

  http://www.wolframalpha.com/
  Computational knowledge engine that draws on multiple sources to answer user queries directly.

• Yummly

  http://www.yummly.com/
  Search for recipes by ingredient, diet, allergy, nutrition, taste, calories, fat, price, cuisine, time, course and source.

• ZabaSearch

  http://www.zabasearch.com/
  Free people search, for U.S. postal addresses and telephone numbers.

• Zanran

  http://www.zanran.com/
  A search engine for finding data and statistics. The search results will be graphs, charts and tables.

• ZoomInfo

  http://www.zoominfo.com/
  A business information search engine, providing company search, people search and job search. It constructs profiles on people and companies, drawn from the Web, or created by individuals and companies for themselves.

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