Carputers News and Computer Tips

Charles Knight writes for ReadWriteWeb: 

In terms of user experience, the gap between the major search engines and their alternatives continues to widen — a lot. Google has been compared to a luxury liner that turns around very, very slowly, whereas the startups are speedboats that can turn (or innovate) on a dime. I guarantee that if you try any of these top 10 alternative search engines of 2008, you won’t come away saying, “Hey, that was just like Google.” 

We’ve discussed alternative search engines here before… 

Edit 01/18/2009:

The makeuseof.com blog posted 13 Alternative Search Engines That Find What Google Can’t today, featuring specialized engines for finding music, recipes, and more.   

The Curious? Read blog recently posted this list.

By the time you’ve finished reading, we promise that your list of bookmarked sites will have ballooned and you’ll be getting more from your surfing.   

Definitely worth a read!

Edit 12/30/2008: 

The Digital Inspiration blog offers their picks for Most Useful Web Applications for 2008.