Wondir

Wondir was a newer search engine which was completely non profit and ad free (except for search sponsors). Its goal or aim is to eliminate barriers between questions and answers . Wondir not only allows users to search portions of the invisible web, but it also allows users to answer a scrolling question list on the home page.

Wondir also has experts which answer questions, many of these same experts sponsor search terms. The search term sponsor is listed at the bottom of the search results page. In addition to search sponsors, Wondir pays for its services through user contributions.

Wondir seems to be catching on very slowly despite multiple pitches from sites like SearchEngineWatch. I like the concept, but I think this world to be too ruled by greed for an idea such as this to ever work out - at least for now. And so I got an email from Matthew Koll, the owner...he told me they are no longer not for profit as that business model did not work. He says they have been growing by the day and to give it a try.