Some interesting search engines

Some interesting search engines: Hakia, powerset, snap
there's an article in nytimes talking about these search engines.

Will these be one of the future google?

I used to be a google fan. But I just found that google maps sucks. I tried different maps for LA trip, and mapquest seems to do a much better job. Google map finally and always got me lost. To be sure, this is not the first time.