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The Pirate Google

Vorgestern hatte ich erst eine mit der Google Custom Search hergestellte Torrent-Suchmaschine in den Links (mit dem hervorragenden Seitentitel: ☠ Google: [░░░░░░░░░░░░░] ◉ Torrent Search O Web Search), da kommt mir heute gleich eine eigene Pirate-Google-Website unter die Finger. Zeigt so ein bisschen die Absurdität des Prozesses angesichts der Technologie.

Please Note: This site is not affiliated with Google, it simply makes use of Google Custom Search to restrict your searches to Torrent files. You can do this with any regular Google search by appending your query with filetype:torrent. This technique can be used for any type of file supported by Google.

The intention of this site is to demonstrate the double standard that was exemplified in the recent Pirate Bay Trial. Sites such as Google offer much the same functionality as The Pirate Bay and other Bit Torrent sites but are not targeted by media conglomerates such as the IFPI as they have the political and legal clout to defend themselves unlike these small independent sites.

Search Google for Torrent Files Link (via Tanith)

Cuil’d

Also, so toll kann die superduperneue Suchmaschine Cuil ja nicht sein… FAIL!

CoverFlow meets search: hands-on with Searchme visual engine

Search results have been presented more or less the same way since Yahoo and Google were but university projects. The flat list of text framed with sponsored links has served most of us well for nearly a decade, but Searchme thinks there’s room for change.

As a new startup, Searchme takes a visual approach to search by presenting results as web site snapshots, allowing users to look at sites before visiting, then shuffling through them with an iTunes Cover Flow-like UI.

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Shareminer is a clownsuit engine that searches for files upped to Rapidshare, Megaupload, SendSpace, ZShare, and other similar one click hosts

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Google of the future

Experimentelle Google-Suche auf einer Zeitleiste, in Verbindung mit Googlemaps, per Shortcuts und und und… jetzt noch die Suche nach Bloglesern, die in Wahrheit Hunde sind und alles wird gut.