Sunday, February 15, 2015

Project #15



1. Ask.com is "one of the most popular search engines on the Web. Ask.com offers the standard Web search in addition to images, news, maps, local search, weather, encyclopedia listings, blogs, and more."

Ask.com is a search engine that can be used by anyone. It searches the wed for an answer to your question. You simply go to ask.com type in any question, and multiple responses to your question will come up.


 
2. Bing is "a search engine that brings together the best of search and people in your social networks to help you spend less time searching and more time doing."
 
Bing is a search engine like Google. It uses the web to find answers to your question.
 
 
3. Kayak is "a travel search engine operated by the KAYAK Software Corporation. It searches 140 travel sites all at once for the best deals and buy tickets and make reservations direct."

Kayak can be used for booking trips and reservations. It searched the internet to find the cheapest prices on hotels, flights and cars.


 
 
4. Hotbot is one of the older search engines. It offers the choice of three main search engine databases including Google. It is used in advanced search help.
 
 
5. MapQuest "offers online, mobile, business and developer solutions that help people discover and explore where they would like to go, how to get there and what to do along the way and at your destination."
 
Mapquest is a search engine that gives directions to where someone wants to go. It makes a route from your current location to the final destination you enter.
 
6. Indeed is "A job 'meta-search' that scours job boards, newspapers and multiple sources with one search interface."
 
Indeed.com searches the web for available jobs in the area that you live.

 
7. ChaCha is "a human-guided search engine. It provides free, real-time answers to any question, through its website, via text messaging, or by using one of the company's mobile apps."
 
ChaCha uses people to search the internet to find the answer to your question. This is known as social searching.
 
8. Wolfram Alpha   is "an engine for computing answers and providing knowledge. It works by using its vast store of expert-level knowledge and algorithms to automatically answer questions, do analysis, and generate reports."

Wolfram Alpha is a new way to get knowledge and answers. It does not search the web like Google does. It gets information from a collection of built in data.

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