Fefoo is not a search engine but it works with existing search engines and gives the ability to search more effectively. It is like a directory of search engines. Search engines are sorted according to categories which makes it easier to discover things. With fefoo you have 40+ search categories and 250+ search engines on your fingertips.
 
When you look at the fefoo homepage it looks like most other search engines. The main difference is that when you start searching you can choose the category that you want to search on. This makes it possible to target your search without remembering specific websites. It acts like bookmark for search engines. The homepage has been specifically designed to open in less than a second even on the slowest possible connection. (The first time you visit fefoo it might take a few seconds but after that it will never take more than a few milliseconds to open).

The first time you visit fefoo, you will only see the top ten categories. You can add or remove and select which categories are visible. There is a very diverse choice of categories from Blogs, Books, Encyclopedia, Finance, Health, Images, Jobs, Music, MP3, Movies, People, Recipes, Real Estate, Shopping, Sports, TV, Torrents, Video to name a few.

When you search based on a category, you are shown the results and you can refine your search or choose another search engine if you don’t find what you are looking for, using the quickbar on top.

Though having 40+ categories and 250+ search engines is great but it also makes it challenging if you like using the keyboard. With commands you can target all the the categories and search engines. To use a command : (colon) is used.

To search for images use the following command.

:images clouds

This will search for “images” of clouds. This way you can end up targeting any of the 40+ categories supported by fefoo. 

You can use the name of a category or directly a name of a search engine.

:twitter fefoo

This will search for “fefoo” on twitter.

Using a name of search engine you can target the 250+ search engine.

Once you start using commands you will notice that you don’t need to type the complete name of a search engine or category. You can use short hand commands.

:i cats

This will search for “images” of cats. When you begin you search with a : (colon), you move to the command mode and you can see what category or search engine will be used. As soon as you see the name of the search engine or category you can stop and type in your search query. The short hand commands can also be used to target all the 250+ search destinations.

Here is a list of commonly used shorthand commands.
•:you for YouTube
•:mo for movies
•:mu for music
•:tw for twitter
•:wolf for Wolfarm|Alpha
•:d for Dictionary
•:e for Encyclopedia
•:rec for Recipes

When you use the : (colon) command you will see the toolbar on top.

You can use a ; (semicolon) instead of the : (colon) and it will turn off the toolbar and directly show the results on that search engine.

;wolf Where do babies come from? or ;tw fefoo

Written by Vivek Jishtu / fefoo.com

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