Pipl’s query-engine helps you find deep web pages that cannot be found on regular search engines. It’s designed to retrieve information from searchable databases and extract facts, contact details and other relevant information from personal profiles, member directories, scientific publications, court records and numerous other deep-web sources.

Pipl claims they’re “using advanced language-analysis and ranking algorithms to bring you the most relevant bits of information about a person in a single, easy-to-read results page”.

You can perform searches via “Name”, “Email”, “Username” and even “Phone” numbers.

I tried a quotation search for my name and the results were spot on.

Likes: Deep web search, fast search engine

Dislikes: Why no RSS feed? This way, I can subscribe to my feed in my Google Reader and be notified automatically of any updates.

Have you tried Pipl? I’m sure you’ll find decent results searching for your own name, but how about digging deep into a colleague or competitor’s name for some interesting intel?

Would you like to weigh in on how you see this tool being of benefit as part of your arsenal of tracking and monitoring tools? Your feedback is “deeply” appreciated

Want to see who is talking about topics of interest to you?

Curious who links to your blog via their own blog entries, and in what context?

The BlogPulse search engine on the home page makes it easy for you to do so. This search engine is specific to blogs and doesn’t mix in other content and results found on the Web.

The Advanced tab gives you additional search filter options.

If you click the "Search Blogosphere" link, it’ll deliver an all-in-one search engine page to you, as seen below.

Do you have a need to compare trends and blogs in the blogosphere? This Trend Search feature helps you create trend charts with up to three specific topics.

You can also use this Trend Tool to chart links to specific blog posts, blogs or web sites over time.

Looking for inbound links to your blog? Or better yet, discover blogs linking to your competitors, and weigh in on the conversation. This URL search helps you discover who’s linking to who in the blogosphere.

How would you like to be a ‘fly on the wall’ with conversations in the blogosphere? This Conversation Tracker follows and helps you map the flow of discussion threads that initiate and spreads from individual blogs or posts.

BlogPulse Profiles help you identify who’s who in the blogging world, their presence, activity and relative influence in the blogging world.

Buzz Tracking is one of my favorite features on BlogPulse. This gives you insight into what’s hot and the most popular links appearing in today’s blogs. This gives you buzz for tweeting, blog posts, articles, videos and much more.

BlogPluse is used to determine the hottest topics on the Web. Their monitoring tools give you the opportunity to search for your name, grab the RSS feed, and get updates on who’s talking about you and what they’re saying.

Do you use it? If you do, what’s your favorite feature. If not, what other monitoring tools do you favor? Appreciate your feedback.