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Google has rolled out its new Blog Search tool.

Google Blog Search

Amidalla is a fun search engine. I am not sure what the little creature is in the righthand corner. You can see what people were searching for day by day here.

amidalla search engine - searchengine

InfoSniff is a directory that covers just about everything. You can also get the code to put a search box on your site.


Infosniff.com Unleash the power of search engine

A blog directory that lets you search by category. It currently has over 11,000 web logs in 190 plus categories.


The Blog Directory - Getblogs.com

Wikidweb is a wiki directory for the web. A wiki is sort of a group blog that allows anyone to make posts and corrections. This site is is a free, open directory where anyone can post, and edit links. You do not even need an account.


Main Page - Wikidweb

If you are trying to locate someone in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, here are regional message boards, as well as boards form companies and universities.


Hurricane Katrina Message Boards

BizAhead is an international B2B (business to business) directory.


BizAhead.com Business Directory - business directory, trade directory, business resources

Megri Directory is an Internet Web Directory with a good set of categories and is compiled by human editors who are very selective.


Megri Portal

One Big Index is what the Open Directory started out to do, but OBI is still on track. This is a human editied directory that has an excellent range of categories.


Index - One Big Index

Dir One is a web directory organized by words. It is different than most and has a lot of suggestions as to other terms to use. It is also available in Spanish (GuiaWay.com) with Spanish words (might be a great teaching tool).


Free Web Directory

I get a real kick out of SearchIt. You can see popular searches and recent searches at the top of the page.


SearchIt.com :: Get Results Fast!