Useful Links

GOOGLE:
Firefox Extension:
http://www.customizegoogle.com/
(Let's you use Google Suggest (suggest words while you're typing), rewrite links to point straight to the images in Google Images and more)

Google Suggest:
http://www.google.com/webhp?q=&esrch=GoogleSuggestBeta
(suggest words while you're typing)

Google News Archive:
http://news.google.com/archivesearch
(shows timeline for relevant time periods)

TouchGraph Google Browser:
http://www.touchgraph.com/TGGoogleBrowser.html
(yet another visual search tool)
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Not the norm:
http://altsearchengines.com/

Exalead:
http://www.exalead.com/search
(Customizable search engine home page with images of shortcuts (favs, bookmarks))

Factbites:
http://www.factbites.com/
(not just search results, bullets of facts regarding search)

Keyword Mutation Detection:
http://adlab.msn.com/keymut/
(see how many ways you can find Britney Spears spelled (please don't!))

Loki:
http://loki.com/
(great for finding ATM's, coffee shops, etc. in a place you've never been)

NationMaster:
http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
(compare countries on nearly any statistic you can think of)

Ian