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Searchbysource

While Bing is thestrongest candidatetoreplace Google for general

use (unless you’re very particular about privacy or feel Ecosia has

better climatechange credentials), ageneral-use search engine can

still be slowor inaccurateifyourneeds arevery specific.

Enter the specialised, topic-specific search tool.We’ve

mentioned afewof the obvious choices throughout this article

–AutoTrader, Reed, Shazamand so on –but here are some

options foreven more specialised searches.

CATEGORYSERVICE WEBSITE DESCRIPTION

News Twittertwitter.com Check Twitter forbreaking news, as people tweet before

reporters can post

Images CC Search, Flickr,

Pinterest

search.creativecommons.

org, flickr.com, http://www.

pinterest.co.uk

CC Search checks only copyright-free material; Flickr and

Pinterest are essentially huge image libraries

Food Yummly http://www.yummly.co.uk Searches forrecipes based on dietary requirements and

ingredients

Podcasts Listen Notes http://www.listennotes.com Podcasts are making acomeback, so find some gems

Social media Mention mention.com Unlike Keyhole and BuzzSumo,Mention has afree plan for

social media tracking and online profileinsights

Research SlideShare http://www.slideshare.net Now hosted by LinkedIn, use SlideShare to finduploaded

presentations and get ahead start on your next project

Business Crunchbase,

SimilarWeb

http://www.crunchbase.com,

http://www.similarweb.com

Crunchbase finds local businesses to connect with, while

SimilarWeb produces statistics forany website(handyif

you’re being asked to invest)

Webdevelopment BuiltWith http://www.builtwith.com Insights and trends on current technology and tools being

used online

TinEye also foundother instances of ourtest image,Edward Hopper’s
Ground Swell, taken fromthe public domain gallery of the(US)
National Gallery of Art (seewww.nga.gov).
If you’re adigital creative,you mightwanttogoone step further
and use either Berify or Pixsy (seeberify.comandwww.pixsy.com).
These services use reverse searching to constantly scan the webto
find whether your images and videos have been copied to other
locations. Yo ucan then assert your copyright privileges, send a
licensing invoice or demand the image or video be taken down.

⬆➡Both Bing and Google can do reverse image searches, but the bespoke
TinEye might also be worth trying

TinEye

Bing Google