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I recently came across this search engine by amazon. It is actually a fancy front-end for google. So far, I am pretty impressed. In stark contrast to google, a9 uses your amazon identity to remember you. What this means is that it can use your previous search queries to refine the search results. You can also simply drag URLs to add them to your a9 bookmarks. Another really cool feature is the a9 diary, which lets you leave notes about websites you visit. You can also get search results from Amazon’s “Search Inside the Book”, and imdb! To top it all off, there is a really nice and functional toolbar for Firefox. The site makes heavy use of javascript (very similar to gmail), and is extremely configurable. Read more about why you should care.

I dont think a9 is going to replace google for my day-to-day searches quite yet, but I am really excited about the future possibilities it holds.