Well, it has been that time of the month, another long, arduous day when the Top 100 list is taken out of the closet and reviewed, over and over, until it once again reflects my conception of the Best of the Best in alternative search engines.

As always, I will include here the Top 100 that readers have chosen from our Search Race, and the web-based AltsR.Us.

But the hardest part of all, of course, is selecting one that has some special appeal, the Search Engine of the Month that will join the other monthly winners for the ultimate Search Engine of the Year 2008 award in December.

So, in the immortal words of the Pop group ABBA, “The Winner Takes it All.”   Seeqpod

Here’s the back story on Seeqpod:

Kasian Franks, Raf Podowski, and Shekhar Lodha founded SeeqPod in 2005. Since then, the team has evolved SeeqPod from a technological breakthrough among genomic biologists to the consumer ‘Playable Search’ site it is today.

In order to sort the data, the scientists created a mathematical algorithm to link their deeply buried, disconnected bits of electronic information. The algorithm was coded to make smart associations and connections, not unlike the way the human mind mimics intelligent, useful connections in everyday life. Immediately, the team suspected that their new algorithm could be used to search and discover specialized, hard-to-find content online. SeeqPod, the first search and discover engine focused exclusively on precise, relevant playable results, was realized. Today, that algorithm instructs our intelligent electronic ‘robots’ that work alongside powerful crawlers, automatically submitting links of playable content to us. The result is a large, rich index of links that grows daily.

SeeqPod was built with the social networking mobile generation in mind, and we provide users with an array of easy to use tools to playlist, share, embed, and purchase results, as well as iPhone and iPod Touch compatibility. Our company reflects a passion for the human desire to search and discover, and the belief that soon, everything on the Web will need to be playable. Now, in early 2008, SeeqPod.com helps millions of unique visitors each month.

You can watch those visitors on Seeqpod’s visually engaging World Map here:

Follow these links for the entire Top 100 List for August, 2008:

The Top 100 Alternative Search Engines, August 2008 (.pdf)

The Top 100 Alternative Search Engines, August 2008 (.xls)

For The Top 100 Search Engines in The Search Race, go here:

For the Top 100 ranked search engines according to AltsR.Us:

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