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Quixey: An App Search Engine that Understands You

Where do you usually search for apps? Google? Bing? Yahoo!? – Or the native search engine of the platform that caters the apps? Well, you can ditch the search engines that I’ve mentioned and head over to Quixey. It’s your one stop search tool for any app that you’ll need. You can search for iOS apps, Andriod Apps, Windows Apps, Chrome Apps, Firefox Add Ons, Etc.

What makes Quixey different from your favorite search engine is that not only is it focused on apps, it understands natural language. This means that it will understand you and deliver the app you need. It will help you find the app that’s suitable for you, ranked based on their algorithm. You need not type the exact name of the app or keywords that describes the app if you’re looking for a task specific app for your needs.

How do they do this?

Quixey invented Functional Search specifically for apps. With Quixey, you do not need to know an app’s name or its official description to find the right app. Unlike traditional search engines, Quixey constantly scans blogs, review sites, forums and social media outlets to learn what each app can do and how people use it. Quixey uses this data to help users find the apps they need across all platforms. Since we have a thorough understanding of each app, Functional Search is not dependent on keywords.

Watch the short video to get a glimpse of Quixey in action.

 

 
The long video is from an interview by Robert Scoble.

 

 
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Tags: Android, app, Applications, Blackberry, chrome, Firefox, iPad, iphone, Mac, OS X, search-engine, Symbian, WebOS, Windows, Windows Phone

UFO Search Engine: Search Alien Related Manuals

UFO Search Engine or Manuals-Search-PDF.com is a PDF search engine that caters a specific search service. It returns results of manuals that are UFO related. If you are having a hard time looking for alien related or UFO sightings ebooks using regular search engines, UFO Search Engine might be able to help you in finding what you are looking for.

The overly simple and single function search engine works like most search tools. Place the keywords and search. The results will display links where you can get/download/read the manuals, which is pretty much about it.

There’s just one thing that I noticed when I tried the search engine. When I searched for the keyword “Area 51” it returned several results about a computer brand “Alienware.” It could probably use some filters when giving search results. Since the search engine is new and all, it’s no big deal.

Tags: Aliens, ebooks, pdf, search-engine, UFO

LocPDF: Search PDF with Preview

LocPDF is another search engine that makes your life easier when it comes to locating PDFs online. Don’t get the first statement wrong. LocPDF is not just another PDF search engine. There may be a number of search engines out there who specializes on indexing or providing direct links to PDFs, but most of them do just that.

What makes LocPDF different from the rest is the preview system that it features. Not only that it helps you find PDF files easily, it also allows you to properly preview a file before the download. You get to preview the file through a thumbnail after searching and further enhance the view when you click on it. When you’re satisfied with the result, you can now proceed with the download.

This is a great search alternative to popular search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo. If you’re looking for a particular PDF document, you might want to try out LocPDF. The preview feature makes it easier for you to check on the document first before downloading it.

Tags: LocPDF, pdf, PDF Search, Preview, search-engine

PDF Tuts: Search Engine for PDF Tutorials

Looking for tutorials in PDF format? Head over to PDF tuts and start your search there. It’s a search engine focused on giving us direct download links to PDF documents that contains different tutorials. You can easily find Photoshop, Corel Draw, PHP and many more. Get direct access to tons of documents that are indexed by two popular search engines.

Once the search results appear, you can simply hit the download link and immediately start downloading the PDF document of your choice. You won’t have to visit the page where the PDF document is hosted and look through long pages before finding the download link.

The service is powered by two search engines, Google and Bing. Combining the two search engines and focusing only on PDF document downloads makes it easier for anybody who is looking for specific tutorials in PDF. Filtering the unwanted results and focusing only on tutorials makes PDF Tuts an efficient tool for those who are looking for different documents that will help them in their learning process.

Tags: PDF Tutorials, PDF Tuts, search-engine, tutorials

SortFix Recommends Keywords for your Search

SortFix is a new search engine that will help you enrich your search experience. They created a graphical interface that will boost your search skills. It will recommend additional keywords as you search/type the basic ones.

The power of Sortfix is not in its indexing algorithm. The generated search results still come from the giant search engine, Google. What Sortfix is trying to do is improve the way the user searches by providing additional keywords that is related to the initial search keyword(s). Behind the scene an intelligent algorithm imitates a professional searcher – by scanning and examining the results, it reveals the significant keywords and terms that will help you to define a better question.

This is a great site to recommend to novice users. It will greatly improve their search skills while still getting results from Google. By using SortFix’s unique interface you can play with the suggested keywords, and create your own individual and precise query, and when you ask a precise question you usually get the right answer.

Demo Video

Tags: search, search-engine, Sortfix, Technology

InstaFound: Searching Without Search Results

Instafound is a search engine aggregator with a twist. Instead of displaying search results from different search engines, it will simply take you to the site that matches your search query. It aims to help people avoid the normal time waster of searching through web pages browsing for the right site that you’re looking for.

The system works by taking content from popular search engines and social bookmarking sites. It combines those search results and InstaFound will give each page a score. The website or page that scores the most according to InstaFound’s algorithm will be displayed to the user instantly. Think of a normal search aggregator with an algorithm working in the background trying to figure out which page is more appropriate to the search query and gives you the one that scores the most.

If you’re thinking that this is similar to Google’s I’m Feeling Lucky feature, this is their explanation:

Google relies on their system working and nothing else. Insta is all about removing the luck and replacing it with knowledge. Our system uses advanced algorithms to detect what site to send you to. We take data from 10 sources and combine it. Because we’re so sure of our system we don’t even need to use a relevant image.

Watch the video demo below:

This is a search engine that only gives you a search “result.” If you want to keep it simple and avoid the trouble of browsing through pages of search results, head over to their site and give it a spin.

Tags: Instafound, Search Result, search-engine