A new rival to google? Perhaps not....

I watched an interesting (sort of) video on the BBC website about Google and how its cutting back its horns in some of the madder areas of R&D.

As usual aunty Beeb provided a bit of balance by talking to a relatively new entrant to the search engine sphere, kosmix.com, with offices opposite Google's - nice bit of finesse!

Of course, the first thing to do was submit my various web sites, and those of friends / colleagues that were to hand.

Here's the email I sent to kosmixpartners@kosmix.com

Hi,

Can you add to your www.kosmix.com search engine:

My websites:

http://www.kdl.to

http://www.devonponies.co.uk

http://www.highton-ridley.co.uk

http://www.cilco.co.uk

http://www.mayflowersteps.co.uk

..and those of friends / colleagues:

http://www.martinbush.co.uk

http://www.castaway.biz

http://www.kayagallery.co.uk

http://www.johnmilesphotography.com

http://www.eliotsiegel.com

http://www.trevorburrowsphoto.com

http://www.hovercam.com

http://www.momentintime.co.uk

http://www.philglewphotography.co.uk

http://www.photografik.co.uk

http://www.tonycobley.com

Thanks

Mark Ridley

www.highton-ridley.co.uk

PS found out about you via a BBC feature about google.

PPS To the CC List folks - connect up with me and each other via my highton-ridley web site using Google Friend Connect. If you have a Gmail or AIM account, an opendid, a flickr account and others, you can sign in using those profiles - no need to provide yet another registration! Explained and usefulness here: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/get-your-google-profile-organized-for-friend-connect/

They all owe me a beer!