Collecta is a real-time search engine. It lets you search through what is happening right now in blog posts and articles, comments, Twitter, Jaiku, Identi.ca, and Flickr. The difference between it and Google is Collecta is pulling everything in as it happens. Google tends to run a day or so late.

According to Collecta Team “The web is alive with real-time information. So why search a stale archive? Collecta monitors the update streams of news sites, popular blogs and social media, and Flickr, so we can show you results as they happen. Give it a try.” Collecta is not like other search engines.