Alternatives to Google?
CNN explores Grokker and Vivismo, search engines evidently posing a challenge to Google. (Source: The Virtual Chase) I’ve seen a little bit of Vivisimo, which clusters results in categories, but not Grokker, which is a standalone software program that analyzes search engine results and creates an interactive map. (Elsewhere there was an article about somebody swearing off Google and trying to learn better search techniques, but the reference escapes me at the moment.)
Update 1/7/04: It was on the BBC site, titled “Is Google good for you?” (thanks, Search Engine Watch)