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search engines

Search engine implementations that index microformats across the web (i.e. not just on their own site). Alphabetical within status/stability.

established in production

Google search supports rel-nofollow, hCard, hReview, hReview aggregate, hProduct (since 2009-05 for rich snippets) in main search. Through additional interfaces:
- Google Advanced Search - Usage rights supports rel-license (since 2005(?) citation needed)
- Google Social Graph API supports XFN (since 2008 February)
IceRocket through additional interfaces
- IceRocket Tag search support rel-tag (to search for blog posts tagged with rel-tag).
Technorati (rel-nofollow)
- Technorati Tag Search supports rel-tag (to search for blog posts tagged with rel-tag).
Yahoo search supports rel-nofollow. Through additional interfaces:
- Yahoo Creative Commons search supports rel-license
- Yahoo Search BOSS
  - Build a semantic Search Engine with BOSS documents how to use Yahoo's BOSS API to access Yahoo Search Monkey which supports the hAtom, hCalendar, hCard, hReview, XFN, geo, rel-tag, adr microformats.

new or beta

Google Social Graph API How are your sites connected? (xfn) - launched 2008 February
Yahoo Search Monkey (hCard, hCalendar, hReview, hAtom, others) - launched 2008 May

prototype or alpha

socialsearchme

singpolyma social web search (xfn, hCard) part of the diso project.
- memorable URL: http://socialsearchme.com/
- e.g. try a search for Jeremy
- 2008-08-19 DiSo Gets Search - blog post announcing it!

to do

both socialsearchme.com/?q=b and socialsearchme.com/b should redirect/retrieve scrape.singpolyma.net/profile/?q=b.

Technorati Kitchen

Technorati Kitchen
- Technorati contacts search (hCard)
- Technorati events search (hCalendar)

VIREL

VIREL 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: Virel: Microformats Search Engine

Karniyarik

Karniyarik Vertical Search Engine for Online Products (Stealth Beta

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