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Wolfram Alpha Search Engine Live
Wed, 20 May 2009 10:01:00 GMT
A bit late with the news but the new computational search engine Wolfram Alpha is now live. On a first quick go it is quite impressive and could be quite useful when you want a quick answer to a direct question, there is already a searchplugin for it on searchplugins.net as well.

DeeperWeb Search Press Release
Wed, 20 May 2009 09:56:00 GMT
'Google Searches Deeper with DeeperWeb - A Search Engine Extension. DeeperWeb, a new search engine extension, introduces Google users with innovative search boosting technologies. Employing Tag-Cloud techniques to help users navigate through search results more efficiently and Topic-Mapping Technologies for fast results identification.' Read the full press release. Also there is a searchplugin for Deeperweb on searchplugins.net and you can get the Firefox extension from AMO.

Forgot to pay the bill
Mon, 16 February 2009 17:53:00 GMT
The recent downtime over the last few days was my own fault - I forgot to pay my webhost, Webhost4Life, so they suspended my account. Everything is back to normal for now and, hopefully, for the future.

searchplugins.net hacked
Sun, 21 September 2008 15:09:00 GMT
Apologies if searchplugins.net seems to have been not behaving in the last few days but I only found out that my database had been hacked. Hopefully I have now remedied this problem. If yuo are still experiencing problems with the site please let me know.

Version 1.1 of Firefox Search Sidebar released
Thur, 08 September 2008 20:43:00 GMT
Version 1.1 of the Firefox Search Sidebar (Homepage) has been released. It is compatible with Firefox3 and has added options to switch between parallel - default, (searches open in multiple tabs simultaneously), and single, (list of searched search engines in sidebar), searches.

Google Chrome and searchplugins.net
Fri, 05 September 2008 00:19:00 GMT
The Google Chrome web browser is compatible with OpenSearch searchplugins - such as the ones on searchplugins.net

Helpuu search helps charities
Sat, 22 March 2008 19:08:00 GMT
Helpuu is a google-powered search engine which donates money raised, from Google's adverts, to charities. Each time you search you could help someone.

New version of Firefox Search Sidebar released
Thur, 21 February 2008 16:22:00 GMT
Version 1.0 of the Firefox Search Sidebar (Homepage) has been released. It has an improved multi-search interface, fixes some bugs, is compatible with Firefox 3.0b3 and you can now remove search engines from categories.

Non-registered users search plugins
Wed, 16 January 2008 14:01:00 GMT
Non-registered users generated search plugins will no longer be added to the public list. Once a plugin has been created and installed it will be removed. Registered users search plugins will be added to the public list unless marked otherwise. Any problems let me know.

Contact registered users about search plugins
Thurs, 08 November 2007 16:01:00 GMT
There is now an opt-in for registered users to allow people to email them about problems with their public search plugins. If you wish to activate this feature go to the 'Settings' page, when logged in, and tick the checkbox. If this feature is activated then a 'C' will appear next to your public search plugins, which, when clicked, will allow someone to send you an email via a form.

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