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HotWords.com

Added on 05/21/2008

http://www.hotwords.com/

What's their big idea? HotWords.com collects search engine data and lists the most searched phrases. They also display many interesting reports.

Revenue Source Sponsored Advertisements

Link Hotwords.com - What is the World Searching for? (killerstartups.com 05/21/2008)

Tags report, search

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compfight

Added on 04/15/2008

http://www.compfight.com/

What's their big idea? A flickr search engine. compfight lets you search by tags or text, by license, etc.

Link Compfight (emilychang.com 04/15/2008)

Tags blogger tools, flickr, flickr tool, media, photos, pictures, search, search engine

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Xoost

Added on 04/15/2008

http://www.xoost.com/

What's their big idea? Xoost is a Web2.0 search engine. It lets you connect with people who are searching by the same terms you are and aggregates its results from multiple search engines.

Link Xoost (emilychang.com 04/14/2008)

Tags aggregator, search, search engine, social network

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Picollator

Added on 04/03/2008

http://www.picollator.com/

What's their big idea? Picollator is a search engine that lets you find images of people by uploading a photo of them. Picollator uses face recognition algorithms to return its results.

Similar Companies/Websites Viewdle

Link Picollator (emilychang.com 04/03/2008)

Tags face recognition, image search, search, search engine

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Become.com

Updated on 04/01/2008  Added on 03/25/2008

http://www.become.com/

What's their big idea? A search engine for comparison shopping. Merchants do not pay to be listed so there are many more results than similar search engines.

Revenue Source Advertisements.

Similar Companies/Websites Shopping.com

Link Become.com raises $17.5M to take on web shopping leaders (venturebeat.com 03/25/2008)

Tags comparison shopping, search, search engine

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Viewdle

Updated on 04/01/2008  Added on 03/24/2008

http://www.viewdle.com/

What's their big idea? A video search engine that uses face recognition software to find videos of people and jump to the location of the video with that person in it.

Similar Companies/Websites Picollator

Link Viewdle Takes an Investment (centernetworks.com 03/24/2008)

Tags face recognition, search, search engine, video

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Swotti

Updated on 04/01/2008  Added on 03/23/2008

http://www.swotti.com/

What's their big idea? Swotti is a search engine that aggregates opinions about products.

Similar Companies/Websites Epinions, Sazze

Link Weekly Wrapup, 17-21 March 2008 (readwriteweb.com 03/23/2008)

Tags opinions, search, search engine, Spanish

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Ask.com

Added on 04/01/2008

http://www.ask.com

What's their big idea? A search engine with features like the ability to preview a screenshot of the page before you visit it.

Revenue Source Sponsored results

Similar Companies/Websites Google, hakia

Tags search, search engine, semantic search

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Google Desktop

Added on 04/01/2008

http://desktop.google.com

What's their big idea? Google Desktop adds Google search to your desktop. It indexes your files and lets you quickly search them. It also lets you add widgets to your desktop.

Similar Companies/Websites Sobees

Tags desktop search, desktop widget engine, search, widget