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Big Three Fatigue? Try One of these Alternative Engines

Yes, Google rules the search world (and just released ridiculous earnings), and yes, Yahoo and MSN just launched major upgrades to their crawlers. Let's not forget about Ask.com, the search engine that seemingly gets no credit for the whole "Universal Search" craze ...

But searchers are constantly exploring the Web, and while the big three (or four?) engines snag the majority of traffic, there are an infinite number of choices users have for search -- and getting listed with these "alternative engines" can give one site a previously unknown advantage over competitors.

This post is a 10+1 set of alternative search engines, including graphic-based Kartoo, Dogpile for concurrent searches of all the engines at once, and Truveo for videos. As users become more search savvy, looking to specific engines for more focused queries, having material for these engines to index greatly increases a site's chance of being found.

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