Oooo - this looks neat:

I haven’t played with it yet, but Google has a Mac search now.
If you run into a problem on a Windows computer, all you have to do is type a little description of the problem and Google takes care of the rest; Mac users, on the other hand, often need to [...]

An awesome list of tools from Mary Ellen Bates:

Altsearchengines.com - blog of alternative and niche search engines - click the top 100 tab - subscribe to rss feed

Keotag - search across web 2.0 sites (technorati, delicious twitter and more)

MSN product reviews - search for a specific brand

Google’s new n improved timelines - creates a readable [...]

LibraryThing is now using the Google Book Search API and is providing users with a way to search within their books (if they’re part of Google’s collection):
The official Google Blog and the Inside Book Search Blog just announced the new Google Book Search API, with LibraryThing as one of the first implementors. (The others are [...]

I’m not sure I would have even thought to try this - but it’s pretty darn cool:
Alert! Cool Googlosity Feature! On a hunch, I just typed the carrier name and number of Margaret’s plane flight into the Google search box, and Google correctly parsed that data and offered as the first search result a link [...]

It looks like Google is experimenting with a Digg-like search over at Google Labs (info found via TechCrunch)
The new search would let logged in users sort/rate their search results:
This experiment lets you influence your search experience by adding, moving, and removing search results. When you search for the same keywords again, you’ll continue to see [...]

How neat is this?
Lost drivers soon will be able to Google for help at the pump. As part of a partnership to be announced Wednesday, the online search leader will dispense driving directions at thousands of gasoline pumps across the United States beginning early next month.
Instead of fighting with your significant other about who has [...]

I have to admit that I’m prejudiced against Microsoft. I got rid of my hotmail account ages ago and haven’t looked back. I’ve used nearly every major search engine but live.com and didn’t even realize that Microsoft had redesigned their search page or that they offered so many search options.

This is [...]

Via Web4Lib:
Primary Research Group is planning to publish a survey of library use of and relations with mega-internet sites such as Google, Yahoo, Ebay, My Space, YouTube and others. Academic, public, and special libraries are eligible. This is an international survey open to libraries of all countries. Data is aggregated [...]

I mentioned how nifty Google Presentations was a couple of weeks ago, but last night I found a flaw. I was on a conference call with a few colleagues who I’ll be presenting with later this month and we were using this tool to edit our presentation. One of the people on the [...]

Back when street view was released for Google, I was hiding my head in 100 books, but I did bookmark the announcement. Now, Download Squad has pointed out that Google now has 6 new locations on street view - including Philadelphia! I could have used that a couple of weeks ago when I [...]

This is a nifty new tool if you live in (or are visiting) one of the few areas that Google has maps for. Google Transit lets you plan itineraries using public transportation in 19 locations in the U.S. and all of Japan. Here’s a sample using the examples in Oregon posted on the [...]

I just read about this beta site via Sites & Soundbytes. The tagline for CampusExplorer is “School Search Made Smart” and I totally agree. I have been trying to help my husband find a master’s program near our new home for special ed. Most sites just let you search by state - but [...]

This is pretty neat. I just learned about WikiMindMap. It’s a tool that lets you browse Wikipedia articles graphically.
Here’s a little search I did for Library.

By clicking the links on the image (were you on the WikiMindMap page) you are brought to the article in question on Wikipedia.
Technorati Tags: wikipedia, wikimindmap

I saw this new tab earlier but just ignored it (who needs another “my” tool?), but then I read what it was all about on Lifehacker and had to share.
To add multiple layers of data points to your maps - like information about real estate prices, weather, earthquakes and movie showtimes - from the “My [...]

Boy - today I just keep finding confirmation of every buy out I’ve talked about in the last month. First it was Ebay and StumbleUpon now it’s Google and Feedburner.
FeedBurner, which has more than 400,000 publishers on its network, will beef up Google’s own AdSense publisher network, particularly among blogs, where FeedBurner is stronger [...]

I wrote last month that Ebay wanted StumbleUpon - well it has happened.
The $75 million cash acquisition gives eBay access to about 2.3 million people who have filled out profiles at StumbleUpon, founded in 2001 by three Canadian software engineers in Calgary. The venture capital-funded company, which recently relocated to San Francisco, is [...]

I was listening to the most recent Library Geeks Podcast yesterday and wanted to share one thing that I learned (I learned a lot - but I want you to go and listen to what Gary Price has to say).

I learned about Ask City, a map search by Ask.com. This is not just another map [...]

Sorry - I couldn’t resist
Apparently Google is planning on offering a Universal Search:
Universal Search means that standard Google searches will draw results from separate Google properties that target information about books, local information, images, news, and video, Mayer said.
“It’s breaking down the silos of information that have been built up. It’s a broad, [...]

Via Sites & Soundbytes:
Pipl is a new search engine for people.  It is unique in that it isn’t an address or email search, but instead searches for the person throughout the Net.  Results will show quick facts, which for me are remarkably accurate, contact details which show my last three addresses, web pages, and links [...]

I first read about this on Lifehacker. Google now lets you choose a theme for your Google homepage. The neat thing is that I picked the Tea House theme which has a skyline in the background. When I chose the theme, it asked me for where I lived so it could make the [...]

I was just playing with the new “traffic” button on Google Maps. It doesn’t look like Philly has this feature yet - but San Fran does and it looks like of interesting. The question I have is how up to date is this info? I don’t see any indication to help me [...]

Mary Ellen Bates writes about Ask X (the future of Ask.com):
It has pretty much the same information as Ask.com’s search results page, but it looks and feels much more functional.
I went over to poke and its new features are subtle, but neat. There is an add to my stuff icon on each result when you [...]

I just logged on to my computer and found that things have been upgraded on my Google homepage - pretty neat - I’ll have to poke at it some more when I have time. For now, at least I’ve reported it to you all

I just learned from Dan at Jenkins (and then from Search Engine Watch) that Google Answers is being discontinued.
Google Answers lets you post a question that you want answered by any one of Google’s 500 screened researchers. You specify a price that you are willing to pay for the information, starting at $2.50. [...]

Yesterday, while I was working on my final projects, news of LibWorm spread throughout the biblioblogosphere. LibWorm is a “Librarianship RSS and Current Awareness Search” by MedWorm's Frankie Dolan and David Rothman.
LibWorm let’s you search for library news across over 1000 RSS feed (including blogs, journal tables of contents and more). I need [...]