SEARCH ENGINE

KartOO is a French-based meta search engine, and a delightful twist on searching! Although lacking in database size, KartOO shines with its graphical presentation. By using a visual "mindmap" to display its results, users can see how keywords branch out to specific hits. You can even customize how the map displays on your screen! If you're not in a hurry to do your searching, then try this beautiful Flash interface!::"Very cool!". "I love the mindmapping". "Excellent graphics". : KartOO is building a niche for itself. Watch for this service to become big within 3 years.

SEARCH ENGINE

Dogpile is an Infospace service that has improved dramatically over the years. As a "meta search" engine, Dogpile searches other search engines, and returns cream-of-the-crop results in one combined list. What's even better, Dogpile also provides guiding search suggestions ("clustering results") to the user, which is very helpful when doing initial research on a new topic.

"A nice change from Google and Yahoo". "The sponsored links are deceptive... you have to look closely". Dogpile is excellent. Too bad about the visual imagery that goes with its name.

The MSN.com Search Engine

MSN.com, along with MSN.ca, is more than just a search engine; it is a full-fledged "portal" that provides consumer services to the user. It has the financial backing of the gargantuan Microsoft Corporation, and is integrated right into your IE browser toolbar. "I really like the news feeds and articles". "Good shopping and links". : If you don't mind having your PC taken over by Microsoft, then there are many consumer reasons to use the MSN search portal.