Search Engines

TinEye Review – Reverse Image Search Engine

by Jeff Weisbein December 25, 2009

TinEye is a reverse image search engine that uses some pretty cool technology to find where images came from, how they are currently being used, if there are any modified versions, and even to find any higher resolutions copies of a particular image. TinEye does not use metadata, keywords, or even watermarks but rather their [...]

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The Real Problem With Realtime Search

by Jeff Weisbein October 3, 2009

Realtime search is a huge topic of discussion today. By huge, I mean, literally huge. Various industry blogs discuss it all the time and even Google seems to be interested in the realtime arena. In the society we live in today where everything is instant and people love instant gratification it’s not a surprise realtime [...]

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SearchMe: The Search Engine That Never Was

by Jeff Weisbein July 25, 2009

SearchMe, the visual search engine which currently is redirecting to Google, due to lack of funds and no buyer insight is essentially the search engine that never was. Granted, there are a lot of search engines out there that really never take off, SearchMe is an interesting example to look at. As I talked about [...]

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Yearly Checkup: Cuil

by Jeff Weisbein July 20, 2009

It has been nearly one year since we reviewed Cuil, the brand new search engine which launched in July 2008 that was said to be able to take on Google. I think it’s quite clear based on the traffic statistics that Cuil is not so cuil (read cool) anymore. In fact, Cuil is so unpopular [...]

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Open Letter: Attention All Search Engine Startups

by Jeff Weisbein June 17, 2009

Dear Search Engine Startups, I realize that I may only be 19 years old and lack a lot of the experience that a lot of big name (or just older) entrepreneurs may have acquired throughout their years in the industry but it doesn’t mean that the advice I provide in this open letter should be [...]

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Bing Review

by Jeff Weisbein June 11, 2009

A week ago, I proposed a challenge to myself. I challenged myself to “Bing It” for an entire week. I will admit there were times during the challenge where I had wished I could Google something, however, I was able to make it through the week without Google search. It was definitely a great experience [...]

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I Will “Bing It” For An Entire Week

by Jeff Weisbein June 1, 2009

I have decided to challenge myself for an entire week – I will only use Bing for searches. That’s right – no Google, just Bing. Why am I doing this? Well, I have been a die hard Google user since I got on the Internet and to date I have not found a better way [...]

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Google Quietly Takes Ideas From Cuil

by Jeff Weisbein May 29, 2009

Cuil, the search engine which launched last July, brought a few new ideas to the world of search including larger text descriptions, timelines, categorically related searches, and streamlined video results. A couple of weeks ago Google introduced Google Search Options which can be found on the top left underneath the search bar (right under blue [...]

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Microsoft Officially Announces Bing

by Jeff Weisbein May 28, 2009

In an official blog post on the Live Search blog (and tweet – see below) today Microsoft announced that they are in fact dropping Live and opening up Bing. Microsoft says Bing will allow users to more easily find what it is they are truly looking for with new tools and an improved search engine. [...]

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Bing – Microsoft’s New Search Engine

by Jeff Weisbein May 26, 2009

When you search something on the web (supposedly using Google) you “Google it”, but will you be willing to “Bing it”? Well, Microsoft is hoping so. Microsoft will be launching a new search engine sometime this week called Bing and they are going to put a 100 million dollar advertising campaign behind it. I’m personally [...]

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