Project #15

Search Engines
WolframAlpha.com
      This is a search engines that lets you input a question and get a direct answer. I've actually never used this site before and it appears to be one I'm going to be using quite often. This one is good when you need to know an answer or fact without resorting to a general search and getting a million and one different links to the same information back.
Bing
      Bing is your general search engine much like Google but prettier. I'm kidding! After searching for something in Bing, it lays links to other websites containing information on your subject. It also creates a right hand column containing items such as a general overview of your subject and items that may be related to your subject. The good thing about this website is the specificity of the links it provides you. For instance, I type into Bing "Yellowstone National Park" and every link that follows is about or directly related to Yellowstone National Park without all the oddball sites that merely mention the words Yellowstone National Park in passing.
Kayak
      Kayak is a travel search site that lets you compare several sites at once. It searches other travel sites Ziplocal
      Ziplocal is a search engine that searches the addresses of business or locations within a specific area. If I type in "Chinese" and "Saraland, AL" into the blanks provided a list is then generated with the addresses and phone numbers of Chinese restaurants close by. It's basically like an online phone book with addresses.
Ohloh
      Ohloh Code is a search engine that lets computer programmers and other tech savvy people browse through online codes. I don't mean codes like, "you'll win x if you put this code in:..." on bottle caps. I mean codes as in HTML or things used by programmers to create software. Any publicly available codes are searchable provided they have been put online.
YahooMaps
      Yahoo Maps is a search engine created by Yahoo that pulls up an online map of any area you enter into the search engine. I've found the interface to be much more appealing than Google Maps and it is faster at updating to any changes as well.
Yummly
      Yummly is a search engine created with the specific purposes of finding recipes for any food you want. Enter a food into the engine, say pizza, and thousands of different recipes are pulled from the internet and displayed for you. Pictures, ratings, cook times, and number of ingredients are all displayed below each recipe so you can quickly browse through items you like. You can refine the search by adding or removing ingredients, browsing by occasion such as Game Day or New Year, tastes, allergies, nutrition, and a host of other options are all available to help you find just the right recipe you are looking for.