Project #15

Search Engines   

Search engines are great tools for gaining knowledge about a vast range of subjects. They make searching for a specific item or piece of information much easier. Here are some of my favorite search engines that I use on a regular basis to search different things. Enjoy!

#1 WolframAlpha: This is an excellent search engine for gaining knowledge about a wide variety of things. Things such as help solving mathematical equations, word definitions, non categorical things like what the Alabama state bird is, and for those of you wanting to add to your personal collection of knowledge the site offers a random question generator allowing you to then search the random question provided or generate another. Although it can not answer every question it is presented with, it does seem to be very useful in the Mathematics and Science realm. Overall I found the site to be very useful and will continue to use in the future.
www.wolframalpha.com

#2 Homeaway: This is a search engine used to advertise and find rental homes, condos, and cabins all over the country. You can search by location or landmark and customize your search for the number of people you need to accommodate as well as the price range. You can also read reviews on properties from previous occupants to help your decision process.This website is easy to use and gives a large selection of properties to choose from no matter what location is selected. Sometimes the property selection is too large so I recommend narrowing the search to find a place much quicker.
www.homeaway.com

#3 SnagAJob: This is a great search engine designed for both employer and employee. Businesses can post jobs and career opportunities for people to apply for. If you're looking for employment opportunities you can search by occupation for a specific type of job, or you can search by location for job opportunities in a specific area. I have used this site search for job opportunities numerous time and it offers a great selection of jobs for my area. I highly recommend this search engine if you are looking for employment .
www.snagajob.com

#4 Pinterest: This one of my all time favorite search engines for anything that is project, teaching, cooking, crafting, clothing, humor and just about anything you could think of in the realm of creativity. The name Pinterest comes from interest, this site is made so that you can search randomly or specifically from categories and pin those items you find interesting to you own personal pin-up board online, Hints the name Pinterest. It is a plethora of information in almost any category you can come up with. It is great for organizing and storing the things you find interesting and want to keep and reference for later use. This is a must to check out!
www.pinterest.com

#5 Foodily: This is a fantastic search engine for food! It is set up where you can search anything you want to cook and tailor it to your food allergy needs if necessary. People post different recipes as well as share them on this site. It is set up much like Pinterest but with only food. People can rate and like the recipes they recommend as well as save them for later use. This makes it easy to see what recipes have a higher rating and are most often liked by other viewers, making your recipe selection much easier once you have searched. I think this site is very useful especially for people like me who have a hard time finding quality recipes online. The rating system make it quick and easy to decide what recipe to choose to cook. I highly recommend it!
www.foodily.com

#6 Azlyrics: This site is for anyone from music gurus' wanting to broaden your lyrical knowledge or just for the average Joe who desperately needs to know what the lyrics to Eiffel 65's hit song Blue are. Azlyrics is set up as a search engine for basically any song by any band to search song lyrics. You can search from the alphabet of names or just use the search bar and type what or who you want to search. Although some might not see this site as useful, I have used it too many times to count, it is easy to use and useful for those of you that just need to know what they are singing about. I recommend just checking it out, you just never know what you might be singing wrong.
www.azlyrics.com

#7 Urbanspoon: If you're an indecisive eater like myself, then this is the site and phone app for you! urbanspoon is a search engine for restaurants, Urbanspoon allows you to search for restaurants in the area of your current location in order to help you find a spot to eat near by. You can search by location, operation hour, price range and much more. It also allows people who
have tried certain restaurants to rate them, post pictures of the menu and food, as well as comment and review them for those people looking to try the place out after them. For those of you who are indecisive eaters and struggle choosing a place to eat like I do, I recommend the Urbanspoon app for your phone. The app comes with a special feature called "Shake" this allows you to shake your phone or just press the "shake" button and it spins to land on a random restaurant that shows its location and price range. Such a great search engine!
www.urbanspoon.com

#8 Thefind: This site is a shoppers' dream! This search engine allows shoppers to search from a half Billion products from a half Billion stores. The site enables you to type any item into their search bar and it then provides you, the customer with a vast amount of that specific product. They offer the option to view the items you searched based on what is near you locally or just order them right from the site. This site is a great tool for shopping online, although I do recommend narrowing your search a bit to be more specific, otherwise you could be there for weeks sifting through a possible 50,000 pairs of boots looking for the perfect one.
www.thefind.com