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It might be a little late in the day, but the most interesting meme floating around the blogosphere is today’s, “Day without Google“.

It is an opportunity to try out search engines that do not derive their data from Google, including Google itself. Here are the rules:

The Rules

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1. All day Tuesday, June 12th, don’t use any of the 5 major search engines.

2. Avoid Meta search engines, since most of them include the major search engines.

3. Likewise, the specialized vertical search engines may be too narrowly focused.

4. Consider changing your homepage or downloading their toolbar. You can always uninstall everything and change back on Wednesday.

5. On Wednesday, leave a comment here and share your experience with the rest of us. Which alt search engine did you chose? How would you rate the experience?

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I suggest going back to 1996 and using some of my favorite search engines from the pre-Google world.

  • AltaVista
  • Webcrawler
  • AOL Search

Or, if you want to be adventurous try the community based search engine Swicki. Good luck!

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