Hi Peehunter my friend, re search engines not working, Twipho, Topsy and Statigram all seem to be working ok for me. I am in England, is it maybe just in your country that they have been blocked?
I was wondering, if I may ask, which search engines you use as you get some very good results. I myself use Topsy, Statigram and Followgram, but I would love to know if there are any better Search tools. As you probably have guessed, one of my main interests is desperation, but good photos are hard to find.