Google,Yahoo,Windows Desktop Searches
It is quite common for any internet user to use search engines such as Google to look for information on any topics. Our Computer also has many documents, images, programs, files etc that could be searched using a desktop search program. This appeared new to many users. Now there are many desktop search programs available. In this article we shall see a few desktop search engines.
Initially these desktop search programs indexed the documents and files in the computer and enabled easy search. But now, they do more than just indexing these documents. They can do things like, searching images, officially documents, emails, our search results, our activity logs etc.
Most of such programs are available free. Most importantly these programs are constantly updated. Here is a list of few of the free desktop search programs.
1. Google Desktop Search: The power of Google search is well known. Now Google has a desktop search engine that organizes your desktop files and documents. Google desktop search also works hand in hand with your internet searches and indexes your searches as well and keeps a history of your activities and searches. Though some do not like it due to privacy reasons, this no doubt is an useful feature.
You can download Google desktop engine from http://desktop.google.com . It is free.
2. Yahoo Desktop Search: The second best known is of course Yahoo desktop search. The same efficiency of online yahoo search is also available in its desktop search.
Its display interface is designed very attractive. Yahoo desktop search indexes almost 370 different types of file formats. In addition it also indexes emails, programs, documents etc. You can download Yahoo desktop search from http://pro.x1.com/?source=Yahoo . Note that this is not free.
3. Windows Desktop search: And of course Microsoft has its version of Desktop Search as well. It can be downloaded fromhttp://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/desktopsearch/default.mspx If you are using Windows vista then it comes with this desktop search in built.
4. Copernic Desktop Search: If you have not heard of this name before, then here is a surprise for you. This was probably one of the first desktop search programs developed even before the above programs were available. You can download from http://www.copernic.com/en/products/desktop-search/home/download.html
Hey you forget an important one: Lookeen!
ReplyDeleteOk it is mainly a Outlook search, but you can also search your whole PC and in external archives etc. and this very fast and auccurate!
Always worth a try! ;) http://www.lookeen.net