Blekko
blekko's web search uses slashtags that narrow your search to only the sites or concepts you want
Instructions
built-in slashtags
/people- limit search results to pages associated with a person. e.g.:bioinformatics /people/date- list search results by most recent date. e.g.:blekko /date/blogs- limit search results to just blog sites. e.g.:sarah palin /blogs/forums- limit search results to just forums. e.g.:linux /forums/rank- show ranking data for individual queries. e.g.:obama /rank/dr=2005or/dr=2006-2009- results by date range & sorted by rank. e.g.:Barack Obama /dr=2005-2006
content boxes
/calendar- find out the dates of key annual events. e.g.:Thanksgiving /calendar/define- get the definition of any word in the dictionary. e.g.:slubberdegullion /define/map- show a map for any city, state or zip. e.g.:New York /map/stock- get stock quotes for any public company. e.g.:AAPL /stock/traffic- up-to-date traffic for your area by city & zip. e.g.:Boston /traffic/weather- 5-day weather forecast for your city & zip. e.g.:Chicago /weather
third party APIs
/amazon- search amazon.com with your query. e.g.:Tom Clancy /amazon/bing- compare your blekko results with those from bing. e.g.:Barack Obama /bing/flickr- search for images on flickr.com e.g.:Iceland volcano /flickr/shop- compare prices on items you're looking to buy. e.g.:MacBook Pro /shop/twitter- get real-time results from twitter.com e.g.:Lady Gaga /twitter/yahoo- compare blekko results with Yahoo! e.g.:Tiger Woods /yahoo/youtube- search for videos on youtube.com. e.g.:trololo /youtube
More detailed instructions are available
Google
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Google Scholar
Google Newsgroups
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Yahoo
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Wolfram
Lycos
Yippy
DMOZ