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<entry-title>search engines</entry-title>

Search engine [[implementations]] that index microformats across the web (i.e. not just on their own site).

== web search ==
General web search. Search engines that index websites in general using microformats.
=== Google ===
{{main|google-search}}

[http://google.com/ Google.com] supports [[rel-nofollow]], [[hCard]], [[hReview]], [[hreview-aggregate|hReview aggregate]], [[hProduct]] (since 2009-05-12 for [http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=99170 rich snippets]), [[hCalendar]] ([http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2010/01/introducing-new-rich-snippets-format.html since 2010-01-22]), [[hRecipe]] ([http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2010/04/better-recipes-on-web-introducing.html since 2010-04-13]) - in main search. See also [http://microformats.org/2010/04/28/google-adds-support-for-hcalendar-and-hrecipe-rich-snippets related blog post on hCalendar hRecipe support] and [[hMedia]] (since end of 2012 http://microformats.org/wiki/recently-in-microformats). 

Through additional interfaces Google supports [[rel-license]] ( [http://www.google.com/advanced_search Google Advanced Search - Usage rights]), and [[XFN]] ([http://code.google.com/apis/socialgraph/ Google Social Graph API].  See [[google-search]] for more details.

=== Microsoft ===
{{main|bing-search}}

Microsoft's [http://bing.com/ Bing.com] supports [[hCard]], [[hReview]], [[hreview-aggregate|hReview aggregate]], [[hProduct]], [[hCalendar]], and [[hRecipe]] in main search, per [http://onlinehelp.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/hh207238.aspx Bing Help: Marking up your site: Overview].

=== Yahoo ===
{{main|yahoo-search}}

[http://search.yahoo.com Yahoo search] supports [[rel-nofollow]]. Through additional interfaces, Yahoo supports  [[rel-license]] ([http://search.yahoo.com/cc Yahoo Creative Commons search]) and hCard, hCalendar, hReview, XFN, geo, rel-tag, adr through [http://developer.yahoo.com/search/boss/ Yahoo Search BOSS] and [http://developer.yahoo.net/blog/archives/2008/06/monkey_microformat.html Yahoo Search Monkey]. See [[yahoo-search]] for more details.

=== Yandex ===
{{main|yandex-search}}

[http://www.yandex.com Yandex] supports [[hCard]], [[hRecipe]], [[hReview]], and [[hProduct]]([http://help.yandex.ru/webmaster/?id=1111670]) and has a [http://webmaster.yandex.ru/microtest.xml microformats validator] as well. See [[yandex-search]] for more details.

== blog search ==
Search blog posts and blogs in general. Search engines that specifically index blogs, blog posts, and other realtime sources on the web using microformats.
=== IceRocket ===
* [http://www.icerocket.com IceRocket] through additional interfaces
** [http://www.icerocket.com/tags IceRocket Tag search] support [[rel-tag]] (to search for [http://www.icerocket.com/c?p=tags blog posts tagged with rel-tag]).
=== Technorati ===
* [http://technorati.com Technorati] ([[rel-nofollow]])
** [http://technorati.com/tags/ Technorati Tag Search] supports [[rel-tag]] (to search for blog posts tagged with rel-tag).

== prototype or alpha ==
=== socialsearchme ===
* [http://scrape.singpolyma.net/profile/ singpolyma social web search] ([[xfn]], [[hCard]]) part of the [http://code.google.com/p/diso/ diso] project.
** memorable URL: http://socialsearchme.com/
** e.g. try a [http://scrape.singpolyma.net/profile/?q=Jeremy search for Jeremy]
** 2008-08-19 [http://singpolyma.net/2008/08/diso-gets-search/ DiSo Gets Search] - blog post announcing it!
==== to do ====
* both <code>socialsearchme.com/?q=b</code> and <code>socialsearchme.com/b</code> should redirect/retrieve  <code>scrape.singpolyma.net/profile/?q=b</code>.

== search results in microformats ==
Search engines that publish microformats in their results (but may not necessarily be indexing microformats).
=== Karniyarik ===
* [http://www.karniyarik.com Karniyarik] Vertical Search Engine for Online Products (Stealth Beta was at <nowiki>http://www.karniyarik.com/karniyarik-web</nowiki>). Karniyarik's search results lists products and their vendors, which are marked up with [[hCard]] (e.g. [http://www.karniyarik.com/search.jsp?query=bebek+bezi search results for bebek bezi - diapers]). In addition, Karniyarik's [http://www.karniyarik.com/aboutus.jsp about page] is marked up with hCard.

== previous search engines ==
Some search engines are no longer up and running, but when they were, they supported microformats:

=== Technorati Kitchen ===
* Technorati Kitchen (~2006-2010? <nowiki>http://kitchen.technorati.com</nowiki> unavailable as of 2011-222)
** Technorati contacts search] ([[hCard]], <nowiki>http://kitchen.technorati.com/contacts/search/</nowiki>)
** Technorati events search] ([[hCalendar]], <nowiki>http://kitchen.technorati.com/events/search/</nowiki>)

=== VIREL ===
* VIREL (~2008-2010? <nowiki>http://virel.de/</nowiki>, site no longer does search as of 2011-222) indexes both [[hCard]] and [[hCalendar]] and provides a user interface (pop-up menu) to choose between searching contacts or events.
** 2008-09-09 Tag Edge: <nowiki>http://tagedge.com/2008/09/09/virel-microformats-search-engine/</nowiki> (post permalink broken) <cite>Virel: Microformats Search Engine</cite> 


== related ==
* [[implementations]]