[hemmerling] Search

Major Chat-Bots

  1. ChatGPT - Free HTTP browser service.
  2. Google
    1. Google "Gemini" - Free HTTP browser service.
    • “Hey Google” is a command that activates the Google Assistant, a virtual assistant that can answer questions, manage tasks, and control devices.
    • “You're currently using Gemini as your default digital assistant, which responds though touch or if you use 'Hey Google'. Google Assistant directly supports limited functionality when Gemini is your active assistant”.
    • “You may swith your active assistant in 'Settings'. Bear in mind, you can't use the Gemini mobile app when Google assistant is your active assistant :-(.
  3. Microsoft "Copilot" - Free HTTP browser service.

Major Search Engines

  1. Yandex, Russia.

European Search Engines

Meta Search Engines

  1. Excite, sourced by Google, Yahoo, Bing.
  2. HotBot, sourced by Yahoo, LyGo, MSN, ChatGPT - “AI Chat, Ask AI Questions for Expert Bot Assistance”.
  3. Just-commercial service MetaGer :-(.

Search Engines

International

  1. Baidu, China.
  2. CiteSeer - “Scientific Literature Digital Library and Search Engine”.
  3. DuckDuckGo - Also recommended by TOR network ( sites ).
  4. IDEAS: Economics and Finance Research - “largest bibliographic database dedicated to Economics and available freely on the Internet”.
  5. Octopart - “A search engine for electronic parts, electronic components, datasheets”.
    • Download, no interactive web interface ( “You can download the OpenGrey MySQL file from the DANS EASY Archive” ).
    • “System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe, is your open access to 700.000 bibliographical references of grey literature (paper) produced in Europe and allows you to export records and locate the documents. Examples of grey (gray) literature include technical or research reports, doctoral dissertations, some conference papers, some official publications, and other types of grey literature”.
  6. Quihoo.
  7. Search.com - “Search GPT. Free Chat GPT Alternative”.
  8. Sogou, China.

Some other Germany Search Engines

  1. fastbot>>, Germany.
  2. ingenieur.de by VDI.
  3. Websuche - “Websuche: Hohe Qualität durch geprüfte Ergebnisse”. Just commercial URL Submission ( “Webseite anmelden” ) :-(.

France

Database for Requests and Complains about Online Material

  • Lumen - “The Lumen database collects and analyzes legal complaints and requests for removal of online materials, helping Internet users to know their rights and understand the law. These data enable us to study the prevalence of legal threats and let Internet users see the source of content removals”.

Image / Photo Search

Reverse Search

  • Google.
    • Google - Search for images - Works with Desktop PC browsers :-). Does not work on Smartphone browsers :-(.
      • “With Reverse Image Search by Google, you can quickly discover visually similar photos from around the web”.
      • Just image upload ( “Upload from your Photo Library, iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive or take a new picture with your phone’s camera” ), no reverse search by naming the URL :-(.
      • “Google’s ‘search by image’ feature is only available for desktop computers and not on mobile devices and tablets. Thus, if a friend has sent you an image on WhatsApp or Facebook that you’d like to verify, you’ll have to first tranfer the photograph to a desktop and then perform a reverse search”.
    • “Searched over 38.6 billion images”.
    • “If you expected to find matches, TinEye may not have crawled the website or page where your image appears. TinEye constantly crawls the web and adds tens of millions of new images to the TinEye index every month... TinEye finds exact and altered copies of images by looking at the actual pixels, but it doesn't know what the image represents (a chair, a waterfall, etc.)”.
  • Yandex - Search for Images - With reverse search option ( by the black photocamera symbol ).

Meta Services for Reverse Search

No Reverse Search

Search Engine to find the most important Blogs of your Market Niche

  • BuzzSumo - Select “Content Research / Most Shared”.
    • “Find the Most Shared Content and Key Influencers”.
    • “Analyze what content performs best for any topic or competitor.Find the key influencers to promote your content”.
    • Sam Ovens ( see Marketing and Self-Marketing ) suggested it in 2018-07 to find the most important blogs of your market niche, as self-employed ( consultant )!
    • “View ZZZ more results for “XXX” with BuzzSumo Pro!” :-(.
    • “You’ve Reached Your Daily Limit. To continue searching, please log in or start a free trial. If you'd prefer not to upgrade at the end of the trial, you can switch to our limited free version” :-(.

Search Engines to find Hardware Product Suppliers

Directories

Semantic Web

Archives for Websites

Phone Directories, Directories for Commercial Services

People

  • Pipl - “The most comprehensive people search on the web”.
  • Whozat? - “A free search engine to find information about people. Find social network profiles, email, address, phone, photos, videos, a summary”.

Search Services for your own Homepage

Organisations

Resources

Appropriate OpenDirectory Directory Pages

 
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