Exalead – Search Engine
https://www.exalead.com/search/web/
What is Exalead? Exalead is growing in popularity but is still not used as much as it should be. Exalead lets you search for web results, images, videos, and Wikipedia article and uses the standard Boolean operators and field search commands. It also has a desktop search feature and a bookmarking option directly from the results page. Exalead is typically the best site to use when doing flipsearches (looking for hyperlinks on a page).
Price: Free
Duck Duck Go – Search Engine Name
https://duckduckgo.com
What is DuckDuckGo? DuckDuckGo is an Internet search engine that emphasizes protecting searchers’ privacy and avoiding the filter bubble of personalized search results. Privacy is one of many reasons to love DuckDuckGo. It doesn’t track your searches and will give you the best results from reliable sources every time. Envision quality with DuckDuckGo and not quantity. It also has a list of fun advanced and abbreviated search operators that will entertain the savviest of Boolean aficionados.
Here’s a great link to tell you more:
https://www.sourcecon.com/the-search-engine-that-could/
Price: Free
Bing – Search Engine
What is Bing? Bing is a web search engine owned and operated by Microsoft. The service has its origins in Microsoft’s previous search engines: MSN Search, Windows Live Search and later Live Search. Bing provides a variety of search services, including web, video, image and map search products.
Here’s a link to an article describing why Bing is better for running x-ray searches:
https://booleanblackbelt.com/2010/12/the-big-deal-about-bing-for-sourcing-and-recruiting/
Price: Free
Google – Search Engine
https://resources.workable.com/tutorial/source-google-boolean
https://www.google.com/advanced_search
What is Google? Everyone know what Google search is but have you been using it as Google-Lite? Most recruiters have and it produces limited results. Here are some important links to help guide you through a more successful search:
Price: Free