Most people don't want three dozen search engines, especially people who are not trained internet users. Most people want a single search engine that delivers three key features:
Relevant results (results you are actually interested in)
Uncluttered, easy-to-read interface
Helpful options to broaden or tighten a search
With this criteria, several reader favorites come to mind. These search sites should meet 99 percent of the searching needs of a regular user.
1)Google
Google.com is the reigning king of spartan searching and is the single most used search engine in the world. While it doesn't offer all the shopping center features of Yahoo or the human curation of Mahalo, Google is fast, relevant and the largest single catalogue of web pages available. The search giant also tracks an incredible amount of information that many people don't know they are giving out.
Make sure you try the Google 'images', 'maps' and 'news' features... they are outstanding services for locating photos, geographic directions, and news headlines. P.S. If you don't want Google to spy on you, protect yourself.
2)Duck Duck Go
At first, DuckDuckGo.com looks like Google. However, there are many subtleties that make this spartan search engine different.
DuckDuckGo has some slick features, like zero-click information (all your answers are found on the first results page). DuckDuckgo offers disambiguation prompts (helps to clarify what question you are really asking). Plus, the ad spam is much less than Google.
Give DuckDuckGo.com a try. You might really like this clean and simple search engine.
3)Bing
Bing is Microsoft's attempt at unseating Google, and arguably the second-most-popular search engine today. Bing used to be MSN search until it was updated in summer of 2009.
Touted as a decision engine, Bing tries to support your researching by offering suggestions in the leftmost column, while also giving you various search options across the top of the screen. Things like 'wiki' suggestions, 'visual search', and 'related searches' might be very useful to you. Bing is not dethroning Google in the near future, no, but it is definitely worth trying.
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