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IceRocket - search blogs, Twitter feeds and MySpace, images and more.
Google Uncle Sam - search U.S. government websites.
Google - Search Newsgroups - database formerly searched with DejaNews.
Google - Search Magazines - using Google Book Search
Northern Light - Pay Service - business research and news.
Search Engine Colossus - an interesting start for specialized search engines around the globe.
Scout Report Archives - a search engine for sites listed with Internet Scout, a project with the University of Wisconsin.
Twitter Search - search what's being said via the Twitter service.
ZDNet Media - search Ziff-Davis (computer magazines) publications
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News Is Free - A long-standing major directory of RSS feeds.
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RocketNews - news and weblog search available.
Social Mention - search social media - alerts available also.
Technorati - search - or find blogs that link back to your site.
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JoeAnt - web directory created by former Infoseek/Go Guides
InfoGrid - scroll down to reach news search function.
KidsClick! - a directory/web search for kids - designed by librarians.
IPL2 - Internet Public Library/Librarian's Index to the Internet - resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries.
MrSapo - combination of a portal and search engine
Open Directory - a human-maintained portal with a huge number of topics and an open-source community spirit to funding the service.
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Yahoo! Directory - a directory as opposed to a "search engine". Sites here are categorized by humans. Search powered by Google.
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