RSSFree Game Search Engine
As part of the their "Google Co-Op" service, Google has launched a brand new product this week, called Google Custom Search Engine. This allows users to create custom search engines by providing context information, such as lists of websites to search and annotations that will guide the user to the content they're searching for.
For example, suppose you are doing research on how to become a restaurant critic. If you were to go to Google and type "restaurant critic", you would likely find many links to working critics and their reviews, but would be hard-pressed to find information how to break into the business. Now, suppose someone were to create a search engine that focused on careers. Type in "restaurant critic" there, and you'll likely find what you want.
When I saw this, I just had to give it a try. I decided to catalog about 100 sites that offer free, playable games on the web, and used Google's new service to create a pretty hard-core free game search engine. It's still bare-bones but already very useful. Try searching for "diablo" or "word jumble" or "geography" and you'll instantly find hours of free entertainment. You can use this search box below:
Happy searching!
I'm not sure how popular a game search engine would be, because I think most people like to browse rather than search, but searching and browsing are closely related. With enough guidance, I think a portal to all of the free games on the web could be a hit. What do you think?
Same thing goes with free game list, like the ones I had posted.
A search engine on the other hand is a very handy and quite original way to get free stuff... Quite amazing.
Then again... as it stands right now, the search engine is returning some very good hits.