Marc Ohmann’s Blog

Everyone knows about the most common search engines such as Yahoo, Google, AltaVista and Dogpile.  These are considered generalized search mechanisms.  They gather all kinds of content from the internet and reference said content using keywords.

But – there are literally thousands of search engines available to web users that specialize in topical content.  It would be impossible to list all of these search engines, especially as new ones are added on a daily basis, but let’s review a handful:

• Entertainment Searches.  You can use Media Channel to find Internet Television and Video sites.  Find that YouTube video you’ve always wanted to watch or the latest internet television schedules.

A couple of weeks ago, Yahoo! announced a new bookmarking service.  For those of you, like me, who have been searching for a better bookmarking solution, Yahoo! Bookmarks may be the answer.

The service, now in Beta, presents a very intuitive interface which allows you to quickly add links and categorize them.  When searching for a bookmark the system also presents you with a thumbnail of the page to help you remember what the site was.  Of course the thumbnails were working until I took the screenshot below — they seem to strangely become unavailable — I guess that’s why it’s in Beta.