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Big Click Studios said:

Great list of resources… both for off-the-shelf uses as well as for inspiration! Thanks!
Nik
@BigClickStudios
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- 26 April 2009 at 8:55 am
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- 26 April 2009 at 10:09 am
jay said:

feeling lucky
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- 26 April 2009 at 11:25 am
Robin Pernice said:

Great info..wealth of info for newbies like myself. This is like a superhighway of creative and informational savvy that I am doubtful could be compiled and made useful in any other way but exactly like this. I have consistantly found your sight to be of solid help to me every time I have made a visit. I come away much better than when I arrived. Thx for the dedication it takes to keep this amount of information flowing in a way that can be digested and used by all.
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- 26 April 2009 at 11:25 am
T-Law said:

Very useful list, thanks a lot.
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- 26 April 2009 at 11:48 am
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- 26 April 2009 at 12:20 pm
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- 26 April 2009 at 5:05 pm
Krftd said:

Dude can i add http://www.thesearchforideas.com
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- 26 April 2009 at 5:32 pm
Twinster (author) said:

Thank you guys for the kind words! Yeah, I try to be creative and give you guy something useful. I am glad you find it helpful.
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- 27 April 2009 at 4:16 am
Twinster (author) said:

Krftd – I guess you already did.
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- 27 April 2009 at 4:17 am
Art Webb said:

Great list – thanks for mentioning http://tutsearch.net.
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- 27 April 2009 at 5:15 am
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- 27 April 2009 at 5:39 am
merlinvicki said:

Very nice & helpful list!
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- 28 April 2009 at 5:02 am
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- 1 May 2009 at 6:01 am
ApronsAmour said:

You are the bomb! What a wealth of knowledge you share. Love to read your articles.
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- 1 May 2009 at 11:55 am
rhea said:

#14 spelling error? “you are sue to find…” or freudian slip?
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- 3 May 2009 at 7:33 am
Topics about Search-engines » Blog Archive » 18 Search Engines For Designers - Creativity Boost | Minervity said:
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- 4 May 2009 at 6:34 pm
wiphone said:

great resource! very helpfull
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- 5 May 2009 at 11:48 am
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- 13 May 2009 at 8:53 pm
Vu Tran said:

Nice list of resources! Thanks!
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- 20 May 2009 at 2:09 pm
Albert Pak said:

Awesome list Definitely going to be using some of these.
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- 21 May 2009 at 5:37 am
Sebastien Grosjean - ZenCocoon said:

dafont.com is also great when looking for fonts
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- 21 May 2009 at 6:09 am
Fernando Kobaia said:

Greeat Post!
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- 22 May 2009 at 2:41 pm
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- 28 May 2009 at 5:34 pm
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- 31 May 2009 at 10:26 pm
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- 6 June 2009 at 9:15 am
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- 15 June 2009 at 10:16 am
Erika said:

Awesome! I like whatthefont.com for finding fonts too.
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- 15 June 2009 at 1:03 pm
dream_caves said:

Great set of resources, thank u!
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- 15 June 2009 at 2:51 pm
Jamir said:

Great collections!
Thanks for all of this!
Keep it up!
Jamir
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- 16 June 2009 at 9:23 pm
Pariah Burke said:

Nice list. I’m surprised you didn’t include the free stock photography, vector art, font, and other searches from the CreativesAre.com Community Toolbar.
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- 18 June 2009 at 3:33 pm
Aneslin said:

thanks brooo
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- 21 June 2009 at 11:10 pm
Charles Knight said:

Absolutely fabulous!
May we *please* republish this, with full attribution, on AltSearchEngines?
LMK,
Charles
Charles Knight, editor
http://www.AltSearchEngines.com
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- 24 June 2009 at 10:39 am
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A well designed, search Engine Optimised website is the way to go.
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- 24 June 2009 at 11:33 pm
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- 25 June 2009 at 8:09 pm
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- 11 July 2009 at 1:00 pm
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- 20 July 2009 at 7:23 am
BarryMadden said:

DaFont is a great font search engine too with font previews of your entered text!
http://www.dafont.com
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Twinster Reply:
July 28th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Yeah, it has really helped me in my work a lot of times. Glad you like it.
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- 22 July 2009 at 3:42 pm
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- 22 July 2009 at 4:00 pm
Phaoloo said:

I love your icon search engines, they are helpful when I find an associate icon for the application in my post.
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- 5 August 2009 at 6:24 am
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- 5 August 2009 at 8:14 am
Elizabeth said:

Great list! Thanks so much!
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- 6 August 2009 at 2:01 pm
Ian said:

Nice post and I really like your blog. Icon search engines never heard of them until now, Thanks.
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Richard Darell Reply:
August 7th, 2009 at 3:00 am
Thank you sir. Glad I could be of assistance.
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- 7 August 2009 at 2:42 am
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- 7 August 2009 at 2:35 pm
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- 13 August 2009 at 5:02 pm
FAQPAL said:

Good list, TutSearch is a great resource.
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- 16 August 2009 at 6:37 am
Boxed in Design said:

Nice list. I always enjoy your tweets and posts!
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- 17 August 2009 at 4:34 pm
Michael Cerdeiros said:

great find thanks!
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- 17 August 2009 at 6:39 pm
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- 17 August 2009 at 9:13 pm
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- 18 August 2009 at 8:08 pm
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Great list, really informative resources. Number of RTs has shown that how much is this precious and useful. Thanks Minervity keep posting!
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- 18 August 2009 at 10:41 pm
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- 19 August 2009 at 11:20 am
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- 19 August 2009 at 5:15 pm
Linda Walton aka bobbysgirlforever said:

AWESOME list of specific search engines! Thank you SO much for sharing and I am off to retweet!
Have a GORGEOUS day!
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- 20 August 2009 at 10:34 am
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- 9 September 2009 at 5:05 pm
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Good information very useful for me and I’m sure others that have taken a look at it say the same thing. There is alot of information that can be taken and used, even if it is only to impress other people
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- 28 December 2009 at 1:43 am
Russell Poulter said:

GREAT List! Thanks for this. Bookmarked!
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- 19 February 2010 at 12:50 am
Jonathan Stevens said:

great list – thanks!
everystockphoto.com is also great if you’re looking for photos
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- 19 February 2010 at 1:31 am
w3wall said:

Good posting i use iconlook.com
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- 25 February 2010 at 4:59 am
Solona said:

icondb – http://www.challenger.se is recognized as a threat in firefox.
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- 20 March 2010 at 1:12 am
FindIcons.com said:

I justed wanted to suggest a new and better icon search engine, FindIcons.com, which has larger icon collection and complete search filters.
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- 5 April 2010 at 7:44 am
Geoff Jackson said:

Awesome list, many of those icon searches I was unaware of so will be sure to check some of those out.
Thanks.
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- 19 April 2010 at 3:10 am
Inspirationfeed said:

Great resource, thank you!
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- 30 April 2010 at 7:50 am
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that icon finder is very useful for me, for font i want to try google font directory
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