Phil Bradley, librarian’s librarian and noted search engine blogger, has published “10 Reasons Why Librarians Should Use Exalead.”

“It’s a search engine for people who like to use search engines, and it’s an engine for librarians. If you’ve not used it, I’d strongly recommend giving it a whirl next ‘Google free Wednesday’.”

Thank you, Phil, for the kind words about Exalead, and for furthering the web community’s knowledge about search engine technologies and alternative search engines.

Every month the excellent blog AltSearchEngines updates its list of the Top 100 Alternative Search Engines (ASE), selecting one as its Search Engine of the Month (SEM). For the month of October, the honors go to Exalead!

Notes the AltSearchEngines editor:  “Exalead offers new tools that allow you to find the information you seek on the Web quicker and better, with many helpful options.…For excellence in Search, constant improvement and innovation, we feel that Exalead has demonstrated why it belongs in the SEM club on ASE!”

The post highlights some of the different types of search Exalead offers (Web, Image, Advanced Search,…), accompanying search tools (Exalead Toolbar, Desktop, …) and the new BAAGZ social search service (see our September 26th post  and the Baagz presentation video).

AltSearchEngine previously named Exalead to its Top 10 Alternative Video Search Engines. View the current Search Engine of the Month post.

On August 20th, in honor of Read/WriteWeb’s Online Video Week, the blog dedicated to ‘alternative’ search engines, AltSearchEngines, published a list of the “Top 10 Alternative Video Search Engines.”

Exalead is very pleased to have made this list of top “video search engines,” especially since it, along with two others on the list, is not even a specialized video search engine, but rather an engine that searches all the web. But we’re not going to rest on our laurels. We will be rolling out enhancements to our video search engine in the coming weeks, notably in terms of sources and refreshment rates. We’ll keep you posted!

Carole&Co

ChinICT
is the premier venue for top information technology innovators from China and Europe.
Each year at this event, ChinICT recognizes the most innovative and fastest
growing IT enterprises from these two regions. This year, Exalead was named the
2007 Microsoft-ChinICT Award Winner.

Carole&Co

Last week, Search Engine Land commented on PC World’s recent Search Engine Shoot Out.

Phil Bradley and Chris Sherman were surprised that Exalead wasn’t included in the round-up.

I was very surprised not to see Exalead on the listing, and when I used some of the sample queries Bertolucci used it performed very well indeed, and would certainly have been very highly placed in the final table. In fact, I could name a number of other engines that could easily have slipped into the list replacing those that simply should not have been there in the first place.

Phil Bradley also posted his list of top search engines to use based on each search engine’s strengths. For example, he notes Exalead is best if you:

• like to see thumbnail image previews of search results
• need to re-rank and re-order
• don’t know how to spell what you are looking for
• need to search for specific file formats (.txt, .pdf .doc .xls .ppt .rtf .wpd .swf)

The Marketing Team

You’ve been waiting a long time, and now it’s here, the Exalead Blog, ready to serve up daily information on Exalead and to receive your comments. We thank all of your for your encouragement and your suggestions to date. You’ve truly helped us advance the Exalead search engine.

This blog is a collaborative space where we’ll discuss:

• Breaking news,
• Future features and functionality,
• Our feedback site,
• Upcoming events, and
• ‘Life on the inside’ with the Exalead team.

Don’t hesitate to pose your questions regarding these or any other topics. We’re here to respond to you!