Allow the geek in me to peek for a sec...
But there's a new search engine that's garnered a lot of hype, it's headed by ex-Googlers, people who lead search engines at eBay, altavista and HP. It's at:
www.cuil.com
Monopolies are never good and Google almost has the search game on lock. Even though I clear my cookies, etc., having all my electronic information in one location and privacy are also concerns for me.
Anyways, have a go. It's pretty impressive considering it's been alive for about a day.