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100 Search Engine Sensations

These Inquisitive Tools are Imaginative and Convenient

— December 19, 2011 — Pop Culture
Google's status as the world's most popular search engine is encouraging others to achieve a similar status. Innovations like set-back solving sites, child-safe Google searches and even lyrical search engines are aiming to reinvent the way online searching is designed. With functionality and humor in mind, sites like the public toilet search and this sucks/this rocks platform aim to infuse some online humor.

Even celebrities are recognizing Google's success with self-themed sites from the likes of Beyonce, Kanye West, Mandy Moore and even K-FED. Social media is replacing traditional media, while search engines have dominated over the hands-on research tactics of the past.

The rise of newly created online search engine is the result of Google's massive success. While search engines of past work to reinvent and re-brand themselves, new companies hope to show enough creativity to stand out against the competition.
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Popularity
Activity
Freshness
98
Search Giant Song Sites
Search Giant Song Sites
The Google 'Magnifier' Blog Connects Music Lovers to Tunes
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97
Setback-Solving Search Engines
Setback-Solving Search Engines
Quixey Finds the Solution for any Problem
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96
Culinary Search Engines
Culinary Search Engines
Google Recipe Search Eliminates the Need for a Cookbook
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95
Search Engine Cable Companies
Search Engine Cable Companies
Google Cable TV Could Be Coming Soon to Kansas City
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94
Revamped Search Engines
Revamped Search Engines
The New Google Images Search Provides More Efficient Results
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93
Jet-Setting Search Engine Apps
Jet-Setting Search Engine Apps
The New Hotel Search Tool on Google is Amazing
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92
Lost 'n' Found Search Engines
Lost 'n' Found Search Engines
Finderbase is a Global Listing for Finders & Seekers of Lost Items
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91
Adoring Search Engines
Adoring Search Engines
Google's 'What Do You Love' Service Brings you Everything you Want
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90
Search Engine TVs
Search Engine TVs
Yahoo! Connected Televisions Offer Wicked Widgets
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89
Search Engine Smartphone Collaborations
Search Engine Smartphone Collaborations
Google and Samsung Team Up to Create the Galaxy Nexus
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88
Search Engine Rebranding
Search Engine Rebranding
Ask.com Will Relaunch as a Q & A Service
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87
New Image Search = Less Duplicates + More Related Trends!
New Image Search = Less Duplicates + More Related Trends!
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86
Search Engine Museums
Search Engine Museums
View Paintings from All Over the World at Home With Google Art Project
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85
Music Streaming Search Engines (UPDATE)
Music Streaming Search Engines (UPDATE)
Get a Full Look at the New Google Music Service
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84
Search Engine Marriage Planners
Search Engine Marriage Planners
Google for Weddings Helps Prepare and Share Your Big Day Details
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83
Search Engine Masterpieces
Search Engine Masterpieces
These Takashi Murakami Google Doodles Solidify the Artist's Importance
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82
Search Engine Laptops
Search Engine Laptops
The Google Chromebook is an Internet-Only Device
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81
Search Engine Skydiving
Search Engine Skydiving
Google Earth Skydiving is for Low-Risk Adventurers
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80
Search Engine Ad Revivals
Search Engine Ad Revivals
Google Focuses on New Banner Ads with ‘Watch This Space'
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79
Real-Time Browser Extensions
Real-Time Browser Extensions
Google Related Brings Convenience to Internet Surfing
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78
Search Engine Geo Apps
Search Engine Geo Apps
The New Google Latitude Lets You Check Into Places
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77
Culturomic Search Engines
Culturomic Search Engines
Google Books Ngram Viewer Shows Cultural Trends
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76
Search Engine Home Decor
Search Engine Home Decor
Google Map Pin Coasters Tells Your Glass Where to Go
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75
New Google Engine Predicts Future Searches
New Google Engine Predicts Future Searches
gDay MATE (HOAX)
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74
Never-Ending Search Sites
Never-Ending Search Sites
Google Infinite Scroll Allows Users to View All Results on One Page
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73
Topsy-Turvy Browsers
Topsy-Turvy Browsers
The Revolving Internet Website Changes Up the Classic Google Search
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72
Searching the Web By Clusters
Searching the Web By Clusters
Clusty Returns Groups of Results
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71
Social Search Engines
Social Search Engines
Xoost.com
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70
Any Song, From Anywhere, Instantly
Any Song, From Anywhere, Instantly
Seeqpod
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69
Search Engines Sadness
Search Engines Sadness
CollegeHumor Finds the Fault in Wolfram Alpha
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68
Social Networking Search Engines
Social Networking Search Engines
Google 'Plus One' is Rumored to Rival Facebook
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67
Search Engine Foursomes
Search Engine Foursomes
The New Google is 4x as Powerful, Twice as Fun
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66
Search TV by Photo
Search TV by Photo
TiVo Stops Your Flipping With Advanced Program Search
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65
Celebrity Search Engines
Celebrity Search Engines
Search With Kanye West
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64
Futuristic Search-Inspired Mags
Futuristic Search-Inspired Mags
Think Quarterly Embodies Google's Spirit of Innovation
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63
StumbleUpon Personalizes Site & Video Search
StumbleUpon Personalizes Site & Video Search
SearchReviews
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62
Crowdsourced Search Engines
Crowdsourced Search Engines
Lavva Allows for Finding and Discussing Any Issue (REVIEW)
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61
Intentional Loss
Intentional Loss
Google's "Feeling Lucky" Button Costs $110 Million
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60
Public Toilet Search Engine
Public Toilet Search Engine
Diaroogle.com for Your Urgent Needs
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59
Custom Search Pages
Custom Search Pages
The Saatchi Gallery & Google Team Up for Coveted Photography Prize
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58
Lyrical Search Engines
Lyrical Search Engines
The Creative BuzzFeed Google Maps Features Lyrics as Directions
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57
Hybrid Search Engines
Hybrid Search Engines
Twitter & Google's Offspring Twoogle to Rock the Web
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56
Click and Drag Search Engine
Click and Drag Search Engine
Sortfix.com
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55
Google Launching "Universal Search"
Google Launching "Universal Search"
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54
K-Fed's New Search Engine
K-Fed's New Search Engine
Step Over Google
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53
Search Engine Rivalries
Search Engine Rivalries
Microsoft Launches Bing to Out-Do Google
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52
Literary Search Engine Logos
Literary Search Engine Logos
The Mark Twain Birthday Doodle has Tom Sawyer Painting Google
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51
Splogs
Splogs
Crappy Computer Generated Sites Used to Attract Google
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50
Visual Search Engines
Visual Search Engines
Search by Sight with Google Goggles
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49
Playable Search Engines
Playable Search Engines
The Google PacMan Icon Game Helps You Procrastinate
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48
Build Your Own Search
Build Your Own Search
Yahoo BOSS
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47
Meta Social Travel Reviews
Meta Social Travel Reviews
UpTake.com
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46
Get Paid to Search
Get Paid to Search
Scour Gives Points for Browsing
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45
Video Search Engine
Video Search Engine
Locatetv.com for the Time Starved
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44
Search Engine Speedvertising
Search Engine Speedvertising
The Google Chrome Ad is Faster than the Speed of Light
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43
Forgetful Search Engine Fanatics
Forgetful Search Engine Fanatics
The Google and Memory Infographic Shows How Google Effects Memory
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42
Taste-Based Search Engines
Taste-Based Search Engines
Aromicon Lets Users Browse Wines According to Taste
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41
Religious Search Engines
Religious Search Engines
ImHalal.com Only Lets You Search for Acceptable Terms
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40
Geeky Celebration
Geeky Celebration
Google Turns 10 Today
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39
Fact-Based Search Engines
Fact-Based Search Engines
Wolfram Alpha Can Compute Answers Like an Electronic Brain
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38
Search Engine Social Media
Search Engine Social Media
Google Hotpot Brings Community Counseling to Google Places
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37
Design Google's Logo
Design Google's Logo
Doodle 4 Google Competition
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36
Playable Search Engine Logos
Playable Search Engine Logos
The Google Guitar Doodle Honors Rock Legend Les Paul
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35
Google will Organize Your Life
Google will Organize Your Life
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34
Search Engine Stickers
Search Engine Stickers
Google Window Decals Help People Find Retailers Online
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33
The Sucks/Rocks Search Engine
The Sucks/Rocks Search Engine
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32
Search Engine Tees
Search Engine Tees
The Google Map T-Shirt Lets Others See You are Here
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31
Wikiseek
Wikiseek
Wikipedia + Google
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30
Web searching using voice recognition.  Ask Google?
Web searching using voice recognition. Ask Google?
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29
Websites That Help With Virtual Stalking
Websites That Help With Virtual Stalking
123People.com
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28
More Celebrity Search Engines-Beyonce, Mandy Moore, Willie Nelson And Even Randy Moss!
More Celebrity Search Engines-Beyonce, Mandy Moore, Willie Nelson And Even Randy Moss!
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27
Graffiti Search Engines
Graffiti Search Engines
Look for Worldwide Tags With Google Street Art View
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26
Humming Search
Humming Search
Nayio Launches Melody-Based Search Engine
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25
Search Enginetoons
Search Enginetoons
Google Chrome Presents 'You and Your Browser'
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24
Visual Search Engines
Visual Search Engines
Ziipa is StumbleUpon's Indie Cousin
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23
Undercover Networking Sites
Undercover Networking Sites
Tweegle Site is Google and Twitter Mashup
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22
Social Web
Social Web
Younanimous: Meta-Search Engine With Interactivity
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21
Google Goes Black For Earth Hour
Google Goes Black For Earth Hour
Remember Blackle?
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20
Physical Search Engine Shops
Physical Search Engine Shops
Google Chrome Zone Pop-Up Opens in London
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19
Cool Meta Search Tool
Cool Meta Search Tool
Inquistor
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18
Human Search Engine
Human Search Engine
Ms Dewey is Better Looking Than Jeeves
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17
Doodled Search Engines
Doodled Search Engines
Mr. Men Google is a Heartwarming Tribute to Roger Hargreaves
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16
Google Lego Logo
Google Lego Logo
Lego 50th Birthday Recognised on Search Engine
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15
Social Shopping & Recommendations
Social Shopping & Recommendations
3Luxe Luxury E-Catalogue
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14
Keyboard Music Tablature
Keyboard Music Tablature
Google Guitar Arrangements are the Latest YouTube Additions
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13
Blackle
Blackle
Black Version of Google Aims to Save the Planet
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12
Superior Search Engines
Superior Search Engines
Duck Duck Go.com Won't Let You Choose Google as Goose
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11
Anti-Privacy Search Engines
Anti-Privacy Search Engines
Open Book Makes You Think Twice About Your Facebook Privacy Settings
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10
Yahoo Site Explorer
Yahoo Site Explorer
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9
Self-Googlizing
Self-Googlizing
Transform Your Name Into The Famous Google Search Engine Logo
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8
Search Engine Enigmas
Search Engine Enigmas
The Google Rubik's Cube May Leave You Puzzled
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7
Cryptic Search Engine Changes
Cryptic Search Engine Changes
Google's 'Unexplained Phenomenon' Causes UFO Searches
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6
Search Engine for Clothes
Search Engine for Clothes
Find Perfect Jeans for Any Body Style
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5
Cuil Fever
Cuil Fever
Google Execs Launch Rival Search Engine
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4
Search Engine Fails
Search Engine Fails
Gmail, Google Ads & Google News Down Worldwide, Panic Ensues
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3
Search Engine Pop-Up Shops
Search Engine Pop-Up Shops
The World's First Androidland Opens in Australia
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2
Child-Safe Google Searches
Child-Safe Google Searches
KidRex.org Lets Children Surf Without Risk of Finding Bad Content
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1
Analysis of Female Fashion
Analysis of Female Fashion
Spring/Summer 2008/09
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