DotHop

This is the hassle free search engine you've been waiting for!
It has a great interface and it is simple to use. You can switch between two ways of viewing things, like a techie genius or full screen.
The great thing is you don't have to be worried about the companies advertising with the search company manipulating your search and placing their advertising in your search results at the top of the list. You'll see pretty much everything including the word you are searching for, whether you are looking at it via web, video or image.
Switch view=AWESOME! I have all of the tons of sites available on one screen and I'm able to scroll up and down through them. When you click on one site, it opens up in a separate window automatically so you don't have to use your back arrow to get back to where you were originally searching. Searching made easy!
I really enjoyed this search engine and will be using it from now on! Saving to my faves!

I see the concept is a great as its visual and we know visual sells/attracts much better than words words words, however its behind the 8-ball with so much white space. The image of the web page is maybe 1/6 of the browser window and the rest of the page is snippets of the optionally cyclable pages and then about 72% of the page is white. Also it keeps cycling long after I have seen an image I like, very difficult to get back to.

In comparing this with google I seem to see an advantage in way of looking quickly at a web pages' layout (convenient to spot add-ridden sites at a glance), but in regards to images I can find more on google with less white space.

Change the amount of white space and the sensitivity with which it changes images and I would like this much more

Talk about something new and refreshing to see! I didn't realize that searching with images could be this appealing. My day-to-day responsibilities require that I spend a large portion of time doing content research, as well as finding image matches. So having a snapshot of a webpage's content would save me time, and give me a clearer picture of the websites.

That's what DotHop offers. I'm looking forward to seeing how this it continues to become more dynamic.

Been using this search engine on and off for several years now. Vast improvements have been made since then. Being a Web Designer, I appreciate seeing the front page of my site on the search engine, since I know how much time and effort goes into creating a great looking website. I believe they have a local cache system on their servers, the screenshots of the websites load very fast now as compared in the past. Advertising is very cost effective on this search engine as compared to others and CTR has been considerably higher. Most likely due to the Image of the actual site being there for potential customers to see.

What I liked the most about DotHop.com is being able to preview the webpage with the side scrolling before clicking on to the page. Using Apple based products, I am personally used to sliding through images or text-based pages with ease. Having this feature on a search engine is quite clever, keeping up with current trends. I also like how the search page is not so ad-heavy. It is clean, simple, yet sleek. I may use this search engine more often ;)

Pam did a great job following up, explaining the service and walking me through the Dashboard for my own usage and analytic and reporting needs. The url was opened up earlier than it was suppose to be, but she is currently working on an $85 credit and still assisting with changes to the verbiage below the website. She is also assisting with the change to the descriptor above the website. Should be resolved tonight or tomorrow. Will check back. I like the too. Still learning for sure.

My friend from college told me I needed to try this new search engine, I was hesitant at first but was pleasantly surprised when the site did NOT try to sneak in a bunch of cluttery toolbars or other apps. I use a touch-screen laptop and am a resident DJ in my city and I must say I've never had so much fun using a search engine! It's like it was made for my computer. I hope they keep with it, definitely takes some getting used to but totally delivers on a new way to search the web!

Visual search is a novel concept that DotHop is pioneering. I can see the importance of the rotating carousel of results for mobile users but on my desktop I like to see many results at once. I find that it is easier and faster on my large screen to scan visually. Fortunately DotHop offers that as an option. Just click on "switch view" and it gives a page full of site thumbnails. The site even remembers my preference so when I come back to search again I get the page of easily scannable images.