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Googols of Deskbars

The competition grows

Remember back less than two years ago when deskbars for search engines appeared? These add-ins could search the Internet or your local machine faster than before. Google was one of the first. Now there are competitors.

Here are some reviews and comparisons:

GoebelGroup.com:
Desktop Search Tools Matrix

Pandia.com:
Desktop search tools

University of Wisconsin E-Business Consortium:
Benchmark Study of Desktop Search Tools (PDF)
("There’s More to Search than Google & Yahoo!
An Evaluation of 12 Leading Desktop Search Tools")
(UWEBC Decision Tools)

Google.com
Google Desktop Beta

SearchEngineWatch.com:
Google Enhances Desktop Search

OReillyNet.com:
Google Your Desktop

Copernic.com:
Copernic Desktop Search

MSN.com
MSN Search Toolbar

Yahoo.com:
Yahoo! Desktop Search

Ask.com:
Ask Jeeves Desktop Search

Blinkx.com
blinkx v3.0 BETA

Googol:

"A googol is the large number 10¹⁰⁰, that is, the digit 1 followed by one hundred zeroes. The term was coined in 1938 by nine-year-old Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner."