Every now and then, a new search engine pops up that attempts to provide better search results than Google, Bing or Yahoo. Can you name any of them?
Yeah, I didn't think so. And there's a reason for that.
Most challengers don't provide much value beyond what the leading search sites offer. Google is very good at what it does. So are Bing and Yahoo (which now uses Bing for searches). Search is a habit-based behavior on the Web, reinforced by the fact that you lock-in your favorite search engine in the browsers you use. Changing those habits is hard.
Still, the challengers keep coming. Blekko is the latest, and it arrives at the party with a twist. It lets you refine your searches in intuitive, simple ways. You can create refined searches, save them and share them with friends. And, perhaps most intriguing, Blekko seeks to filter all search spam out of results - either through its own efforts, or by you designating a site as spam.
As with Google, Blekko presents