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Search Engines (Other Than Google) You Should Care About • SEO Mechanic

Search Engines (Other Than Google) You Should Care About • SEO Mechanic | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

According to comScore’s most recent desktop search engine rankings, “Google Sites led the explicit core search market in February with 64 percent of search queries conducted.” In an overall sense, this proves one thing to be true: Google has captured the majority of search traffic.

However, you don’t want to ignore the other 36 percent. Here is a breakdown of the search engines that make up the “best of the rest.”

  • Microsoft sites: 21.4 percent
  • Yahoo sites: 12.2 percent
  • Ask Network: 1.6 percent
  • AOL: 0.9 percent.


These numbers are nowhere as extensive as Google’s, but it does show that people are using other search engines....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

Google definitely, but there are other search engine alternatives and traffic to be had.

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Escape Google With These 12 Search Engine Alternatives

Escape Google With These 12 Search Engine Alternatives | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Google isn't the only game in town and isn't even the best alternative for many specific search tasks and needs. Here's how to escape Google's grip with Bing, Blekko, BuzzSumo, DuckDuckGo, SocialMention, Quantcast, Topsy, Wolfram|Alpha, and more.


As concerns over the de facto monopoly status of Google continue to grow, I'm reminded of the great philosopher Herman Cain and his infamous line  "blame yourself". As long as "Google" is a generic phrase for Internet search, their dominant position is assured. That said, you can do something about it.There are plenty of Google alternatives and many of these players offer a bettersearch experience, depending on your needs. Here are 12 alternatives to escape your reliance on Google for all things search...

Jeff Domansky's insight:

George Price shares a terrific list of search tools as an alternative to Google. Highly recommended. 9/10

Olga Senognoeva's curator insight, May 6, 2014 3:51 AM

Список поисковых инструментов, альтернативных Google.

Если ссылка не открывается - обратите внимание на перечисление поисковиков в первом абзаце поста.

wanderingsalsero's curator insight, May 6, 2014 8:06 PM

The author is right:  as long as we continue to think that Google is "THE" internet search engine....we can't complain about how Google treats us.  I need to look into these alternatives too.

Gonzalo Moreno's curator insight, May 8, 2014 2:51 PM

Hay vida más allá de Google...