When it comes to major search engines, the giants seem relatively cemented in their number one, two or three spots -- but use of alternative search engines in verticals like image search, comparison
shopping, and foreign languages is just as high in aggregate. Charles Knight lists the Top 100 alternative search engines each month, calling attention to search's long tail. Worth mentioning is
October's Engine of the Month -- Exalead -- a customizable image and text searcher with rich features and a new (limited beta) collaborative search tool.
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