«Search Engine Watch Award» (Zoekmachine)

De Search Engine Watch Awards wordt sinds 2001 jaarlijks uitgereikt door Search Engine Watch.

Enkele winnaars uit het verleden:

5th Annual Search Engine Watch Awards in 2005:

Outstanding Search Service

Winner: Yahoo!
Second Place: Google
Honorable Mention: Ask Jeeves


Best Meta Search Engine

Winner: Jux2
Second Place: Dogpile
Honorable Mention: Clusty & Mamma

Best News Search Engine

Winner: Google News
Second Place: Yahoo! News
Honorable Mention: MSN Newsbot & Topix

Best Blog/Feed Search Engine

Winner: Bloglines
Second Place: Feedster
Honorable Mention: Technorati

Best Image Search Engine

Winner: Yahoo! Images
Second Place: Google Images
Honorable Mention: Ask Jeeves Pictures & Picsearch

Best US Shopping Search Engine

Winner: Google's Froogle
Second Place: Yahoo! Shopping & Shopping.com
Honorable Mention: PriceGrabber & Shopzilla

Most SEO/Webmaster Friendly Search Provider

Winner: Google
Second Place: Yahoo!
Honorable Mention: MSN Search

Best Search Ads Provider

Winners: Google AdWords
Second Place: Yahoo!/Overture

Best Search Feature

Honorable Mention: Clusty's Clustering, MSN's Search Builder, Ask Jeeves Binoculars Site Preview, Surfwax LookAhead, Pinpoint Shopping Suggestions, A9 Search History, My Jeeves, My Yahoo! Search, Google Desktop Web History Feature, AOL Snapshots, Ask Jeeves Smart Search, Google OneBox Results, Yahoo! Shortcuts

Best Specialty Search Engine

Honorable Mention: Google Local, Yahoo! Local, Google Scholar, Scirus, Citeseer, Librarians' Index To The Internet

4th Annual Search Engine Watch Awards in 2004:

Outstanding Search Service

Winner: Google
Second Place: AllTheWeb & Yahoo!
Honorable Mention: Ask Jeeves

Best Meta Search Engine

Winner: Dogpile
Second Place: Vivisimo
Honorable Mention: Mamma

Best News Search Engine

Winner: Google News
Second Place: Yahoo! News
Honorable Mention: AltaVista News & Daypop

Best Image Search Engine

Winner: Google Images
Second Place: AltaVista Images

Best Shopping Search Engine

Winner: Yahoo! Shopping
Second Place: Froogle & Shopping.com
Honorable Mention: Kelkoo, BizRate & mySimon

Best Design

Winner: Google
Second Place: Yahoo! & AllTheWeb

Most Webmaster Friendly Search Provider

Winner: Google
Second Place: Yahoo
Honorable Mention: Inktomi & AllTheWeb

Best Paid Placement Service

Winners: Google AdWords
Second Place: Overture
Honorable Mention: FindWhat, Espotting & Mirago

Best Search Toolbar

Winners: Google Toolbar & Groowe
Second Place: Alexa toolbar
Honorable Mention: Copernic Agent

Best Search Feature

Winner: Google Definitions & AllTheWeb URL Investigator
Second Place: Google Calculator & AllTheWeb Calculator
Honorable Mention: Google Web API & Ask Jeeves Dictionary Search

Best Specialty Search Engine

Honorable Mention: Internet Archive, Scirus & Google Groups

3rd Annual Search Engine Watch Awards in 2003:

Outstanding Search Service

Winner: Google
Second Place: AllTheWeb

Best Meta Search Engine

Winner: Vivisimo & Copernic
Honorable Mentions: Ez2www, Kartoo & SurfWax

Best News Search Engine

Winner: Google News
Second Place: Yahoo! News
Honorable Mentions: AllTheWeb News, AltaVista News & Daypop

Best Image Search Engine

Winner: Google Images
Second Place: AllTheWeb Images & AltaVista Images

Best Shopping Search Engine

Winners: Yahoo! Shopping & DealTime
Honorable Mentions: mySimon, PriceGrabber, BizRate.com

Best Design

Winner: Google
Second Place: AllTheWeb
Honorable Mention: Teoma

Most Webmaster Friendly Search Engine

Winner: Google
Second Place: AllTheWeb & Yahoo
Honorable Mention: MSN

Best Paid Placement Service

Winners: Google AdWords & Overture
Honorable Mention: FindWhat

Best European Paid Placement Service

Winners: Espotting & Google
Second Place: Overture

Best Paid Inclusion Service

Winners: Inktomi & Fast
Second Place: Yahoo! Express

Best Search Feature
Winner: {Google Spell Checking
Second Place: AllTheWeb Page Customization
Honorable Mentions: Google Dictionary Links & AllTheWeb Skins

Best Specialty Search Engine

Winners: Scirus & Google Groups
Second Place: Internet Archive
Honorable Mentions: FindLaw, The Internet Movie Database, Singingfish Audio Video Search, FindArticles.com

Special Recognition

WebmasterWorld.com

2nd Annual Search Engine Watch Awards in 2002:

Outstanding Search Service
Winner: Google
Honorable Mention: AllTheWeb

Best Meta Search Engine
Winner: Vivisimo

Best News Search Engine
Winner: Yahoo! News
Honorable Mentions:
AllTheWeb News, AltaVista News, & RocketNews

Best Image Search Engine
Winner: Google Images

Best Design
Winner: Google

Most Webmaster Friendly Search Engine
Winner: Google
Honorable Mention: Zeal

Best Paid Placement Service
Winner: Overture
Honorable Mentions: Google & Espotting

Best Paid Inclusion Service
Winner: Inktomi

Best Search Feature
Winners:
Google Toolbar & Cached Links
Honorable Mention:
Vivisimo Autocategorization

Best Specialty Search Engine
Winner: Scirus
Honorable Mention: Google Groups

Hall Of Fame
Inducted: AltaVista & The Open Directory

1st Annual Search Engine Watch Awards in 2001:

Outstanding Search Service
Google

Best Meta Search Engine
Ixquick & Dogpile

Most Webmaster Friendly Winner
Google

Best Specialty Search
Moreover

Hall Of Fame
Yahoo!, FindLaw