As part of a big breakdown on Searchengineland , this graph lays out which of th URL shorteners people tend to use most.

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TECH BUZZ: The new social networking website, Ziggs.com, apparently allows users to get instant emails every time someone Googles them and checks out their profile. Sign up and you’ll find out where the searcher is located, what time the search occurred and what key words were used in the search to find you on Google. Damn, there goes anonymously stalking someone on the internet.

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The Best Links:

1. Ziggs.com
2. Be Prepared To Be Creeped Out: Ziggs.com Lets You Know Who’s Googling You
3. Ziggs - Taken For A Test Drive
4. Know When Someone Searches for You Online with Ziggs

TECH BUZZ: A new search engine hopes to rival Google. Launched by former Google engineers, Cuil (pronounced ‘cool’) claims to be larger and more relevant than Google, and it’s got a pretty slick look.

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The Best Links:

1. Try Cuil Here
2. “We’re trying to understand the real world, not the Web.”
3. Four Former Googlers Are Responsible For Cuil
4. “Google Beats Cuil Hands Down In Size And Relevance, But That Isn’t The Whole Story”
5. Cuil Claims To Be Larger, More Accurate
6. Ex-Googlers Bring It On

TECH BUZZ: A popular search engine for video that uses speech-recognition software to enhance results. Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation and Google are both rumored to be looking into buying the company before it goes public.

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The Best Links:

1. Blinkx
2. Why It Will Be a Good Buy
3. It’s More Popular Than Google in the UK
4. AdSense For Video
5. The Technology
6. The Company History