...John Maxymuk Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine some of the leading competitors to Google in searching the world wide web. Design/methodology/approach This paper discusses six search engines that are alternatives to Google: Bing, Wolfram Alpha, Topsy, Scoopler, Scribd...

...John Maxymuk Purpose The purpose of this paper is to expound on search engine limits and to offer more novel approaches to searching the web. Design/methodology/approach Examines alternative search engines to Google. Findings Not only does Google have competitors and augmenters...

... Search engines According to the Oxford English Dictionary (http://dictionary.oed.com/), Google was originally used as a verb in the first half of the twentieth century in relation to a ball curving or swerving in cricket or badminton. To “google,” a player might put a “googly” break...