Notes from the Electronic Cottage 5/31/12

Think Internet Explorer and Safari are the only web browsers in the world or that Google and Bing are the only search engines? Think again. The world is changing, especially on mobile devices. Here’s why…

Sites mentioned in this program:
www.opera.com
www.duckduckgo.com
www.hakia.com
www.ixquick.com
www.startpage.com

Notes from the Electronic Cottage 5/28/09

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

According to Hitlist, 98% of web users use just four search engines: Google, Yahoo, MSNLive, and ask.com. What about those other 2% of search engines available on the web? Today, we look at a few that might be just the ticket for some kinds of searches. Take a look at:
ixQuick – www.ixQuick.com – if privacy is important to you Hakia – www.hakia.com – which promises not only accurate but reliable results Indeed – www.indeed.com – focused only on job openings JobsInMaine – www.jobsinme.com – listing Maine job openings