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![]() ![]() Friday, December 19, 2008 – Permalink – Googols of DeskbarsThe competition growsRemember back not too many 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 Google.com Google Desktop 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." Wikipedia [Edited entry from 9/7/2005] See all Topics Labels: Internet <Doug Klippert@ 3:07 AM |