Here is a good site with a lot of search engines documented: http://www.search-engines-2.com/ -- Nathan Enns
it depends, what exactly do you want to search for? there are different search engines who have specialty and such. :/ see here: allsearchengines.com
http://www.go.com used to be a really good google powered search engine, unfortunatly yahoo owns it now and its turned in another sort of yahoo, with advertising and stuff everywhere, but it gets lots of traffic... also have a look at this: http://news.com.com/5208-1025_3-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=12104&messageID=91793&start=-1
Have a look at ; www.Searchmash.com Google owned search engine, it has really powerful options, have a look at the Features page Thanks, Meti
I've tried http://www.chacha.com They're different because if you can't find your own results you can get an employee to help you out..but I've tried to use the search agents twice..they suck lol.
You could have searched DigitalPoint and gotton this thread http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=325749 Should be comprehensive enough - read through the thread to find more.
www.overture.com www.bidclix.com www.payperranking.com www.goclick.com www.LookSmart.com www.Enhance.com www.7search.com www.Searchitfast.com www.Search123.com http://insite.lycos.com www.Kanoodle.com www.Findwhat.com www.epilot.com www.mygeek.com www.pageseeker.com www.pointcom.com www.sabril.com www.searchhound.com www.splut.com www.xuppa.com www.brainfox.com www.businessppc.com www.espotting.com www.hootingowl.com www.hotways.com
My own search engine, Accelax Search offers web, blog, forum, news, wiki, music, movie, download and adult searches.