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Google Competitors    (site.lisco.com/lisco/karpentips/karpen_search281.htm)
Jim Karpen's review of two search engines/Google competitors, Wisenut and Teoma .  He also suggests you try Surfwax  for meta-searches. 

Search Engine Showdown--Greg Notess   (searchengineshowdown.com)
Great site for getting side-by-side comparisons of major search engines.

Greg Notess Web Site   (www.notess.com)
Very interesting to look at Notess' search engine comparison column ("Internet Search Engine Update") published in Online magazine.  Most recent column from Jan/Feb 2002.

Search Engine Watch   (searchenginewatch.com)
Fascinating site full of tips for how to use various search engines, metasearches, directories, etc.  Comprehensive.

refdesk.com   (www.refdesk.com)
Useful resource that lists a plethora of different reference links (news, weather, area codes, glossaries, one-word translations, etc).  Also contains search boxes for Google and Merriam-Webster.