I know. I know. It’s okay. I know. Breathe… We at AltSearchEngines are actually asking everyone to go one day (6 am – midnight), this Tuesday, without using one of the major search engines; Google, Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, or Ask.
Instead, try one of the alt search engines. The list of the most recent Top 100 is here. Then on Wednesday, please leave a detailed comment describing how it went, and share your experience with other readers.
Some ground rules:
1. All day Tuesday, June 12th, don’t use any of the 5 major search engines.
2. Avoid Meta search engines, since most of them include the major search engines. (for this day only! Meta search engines are important; see the Great Debate Tuesday night!)
3. Likewise, the specialized vertical search engines may be too narrowly focused. (for this day only. It’s the vertical search engines that usually search the best; within their niche.)
4. Consider changing your homepage or downloading their toolbar. You can always uninstall everything and change back on Wednesday.
5. On Wednesday, leave a detailed comment under this post and share your experience with the rest of us. Which alt search engine did you chose? How would you rate the experience?
It’s only one day. It’s only one day. It’s only…
Seriously, this is a real experiment. I didn’t think of it, I read an article by Larry Dignan from Between the Lines , which gave me the idea of trying it here. These alternative search engines have worked very hard to get your attention; please try one -just for Tuesday- and leave your supportive feedback. Good Luck!
Caronte Web
Federated Search
Highlight Health
MSearchGroove
Ramenos Blog
Reel SEO
Software Abstractions
The Genius Files
The Next Web
June 10th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
I’m gonna try this… I hope I survive!
June 10th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
But what will happen with my adsense ads? I will not get a dime this day:)
June 11th, 2007 at 2:42 am
Dienstag, 12.06.07 — Ein Tag ohne Google…
Bei Alt Search Engines wird für morgen zu einem spannenden ‘Wettbewerb’ aufgerufen: ein Tag ohne eine der grossen Suchmashinen zu nutzen, also weder Google, Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, oder Ask.Als Ersatz für d……
June 11th, 2007 at 4:46 am
Ok, I will try
June 11th, 2007 at 7:22 am
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June 11th, 2007 at 8:54 am
I might as well take it as a vacation day. The top 5 are the top 5 for a reason.
June 11th, 2007 at 8:56 am
Hi! I’ve thought that is a good proposal for the web, so I’ve posted a short italian version of the alternative search engines ‘ day.
greetings from Rome, Italy
June 11th, 2007 at 10:40 am
This sounds like something interesting
I am gonna try this.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
oh man – this’ll be a tough one!! well, i’ll have to think about it
June 11th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Hi,
Why not ?
Excuse my english ’cause i’m french.
I’tried Kartoo (interest but so …slow compared to G…..)
I like also and more…Copernic (I’ve no job at the moment but I’ll rather buy “professionnal edition”)
As we said “Keep an alternative….who knows…”
June 11th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
Which ones count as “Meta Search” engines? I know many are listed in the top 100 as MetaSearch (as opposed to image/blog/etc), but it seems like just about all of them have at least some results from places like Ask and MSN at the very least. For example, would Clusty count as “Meta”?
Great idea by the way! Planning on doing it and talking any other “tech” people I know to do it too!
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December 13th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
Why not? I dont linke google and yahoo
December 16th, 2007 at 4:57 am
I am gonna try this
December 27th, 2007 at 4:04 am
Great idea , i’ll have to think about it
April 1st, 2008 at 8:17 am
I’m in…
June 6th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Can I try this year? Looks like I missed it last year.
June 28th, 2008 at 8:32 am
Very Good Blog!
July 13th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Very though provoking post Josh.
I find it amazing that you’ve posted this over 2 years ago and you’re still getting comments. I guess it also highlights that this whole debate has not moved on significantly since you first wrote about it.
July 15th, 2008 at 5:30 am
Very, very good blog!
July 21st, 2008 at 2:01 pm
The subject of a very wonderful and distinct
I thank you for continuing excellence
Thank you
July 21st, 2008 at 2:04 pm
very gooooooood
very nic
thanks
July 30th, 2008 at 4:28 am
Very Good Blog!
August 11th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
very good
August 20th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
very good
August 25th, 2008 at 6:57 am
keep it .
and thnx
September 17th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Very though provoking post Josh.
September 21st, 2008 at 1:16 pm
I’ll try it
thanks
October 3rd, 2008 at 3:31 am
nice to read it .
December 17th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
There’s no way we could live a day without google. Life would be very difficult.
March 28th, 2009 at 12:44 am
What?! Is there actually a Google Alternative? Yeah, right..
Going a full day without Google is deemed ludicrous to an avid Googler
But I digress,
You novel idea may prove viable.
Take care.
June 25th, 2009 at 2:57 am
I’ll try it
September 23rd, 2009 at 10:02 pm
good!
November 10th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
What?! Is there actually a Google Alternative? Yeah, right..
November 16th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Also I wanted to mention that by doing this you are helping others learn. And they will especially love you if you help them figure something out they are stuck on.