A Web search engine is a tool designed to search for information on the World Wide Web. Information may consist of web pages, images, information and other types of files. Some search engines also mine data available in newsbooks, databases, or open directories.

Alexa Internet – Alexa Internet, Inc. is a California-based subsidiary company of Amazon.com that is best known for operating a website that provides information on web traffic to other websites.
Ask.com (formerly Ask Jeeves) – Ask.com is a search engine started in 1996 by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen …

The online world has changed dramatically even since we last drew up a list of 100 useful sites in December 2006. In the interim, there has been a revival of the browser wars – with Google’s Chrome and Apple’s Safari making surprising inroads into the Windows monopoly, and offering a new vision of what browsing can be like.
Many of the sites listed here were not available when we did our last list; although longevity is a mark of pride online, it is difficult for companies set up in the 1990s …

On Wednesday, Amazon announced the throwing open of its virtual doors to iPhone and iPod Touch users everywhere with Amazon Mobile, a free app now available in the iTunes App Store.
It’s a pretty nice offering that simplifies the search experience for products found not just on Amazon.com, but also on partner retailers Target and Macy’s.
The bulk of the app is dominated by a search bar you can launch either from the home screen or from a separate Search screen. While there’s a tiny promo area on Amazon Mobile’s home screen, …