Non solo Google

Non esistono solo Google, Yahoo, Live (Microsoft) e Ask; ci sono altri motori (alcuni ancora in fase alpha o beta) che adottano nuove tecnologie o che propongono diverse modalità di ricerca e di visualizzazione dei risultati.

Clusty – (Info)

Clusty queries several top search engines, combines the results, and generates an ordered list based on comparative ranking.

Instead of delivering millions of search results in one long list, our search engine groups similar results together into clusters. Clusters help you see your search results by topic so you can hone in on exactly what you’re looking for or discover unexpected relationships between items.

Hakia – (Info)

built a much better system (called MAQ) to enable semantic analysis of Web pages, and “meaning-based” search. The information density in the MAQ system is significantly higher than that of a typical index table.

hakia’s proprietary method, which deploys full Ontological Semantics, gives the search engine human-like abilities to understand natural languages and detect meaning in text.

hakia deploys fuzzy logic (approximate reasoning) methods to allow flexibility so that the Ontological Semantics solution becomes feasible in a Web search application with stringent constraints.

hakia’s knowledge capacity evolves in time with each user interaction and by crawling over the Web. The intensity of Web page analyses increases each time a particular topic is questioned.

Lexxe – (Info)

Based on the nature of the queries, there are two types of search conducted by users. One is the key word-based search and the other is the Natural Language-based search. Lexxe allows both types of searches and applies cutting edge Natural Language technologies to them.

On the one hand, Natural Language queries offer a better information quality and intention by a user. Therefore, it can be used to retrieve better results, particularly short answers, because key words are often more ambiguous than Natural Language queries.

Brainboost – (Info)

Brainboost actually finds answers to your questions posed in plain English as opposed to directing you to pages that simply mention the questions.

Brainboost, Using the AnswerRank™ system, intelligently reads hundreds of web pages derived from search results and extracts just the short and concise answer to your question, saving you time.

Accona – (Info)

In una richiesta di cinque parole chiave l’intelligenza artificiale di Accoona consente all’utente di evidenziare una parola chiave e ordina i risultati della ricerca dando priorità alle pagine nelle quali il significato di quella parola chiave è più importante delle altre quattro. Inoltre, l’intelligenza artificiale di Accoona fonde le informazioni del Web con quelle del database delle imprese di Accoona in tempo reale. Ad esempio quando si è on line e si cerca di comprare un nuovo computer, si ottiene immediatamente una lista di tutti gli indirizzi URL di rivenditori di computer.

Rollyo – (Info)

Rollyo puts the power of search in your hands, by giving you the tools to create your own personal search engines – with no programming required. All you have to do is pick the sites you want to search, and we’ll create a custom search engine for you.

You can explore and save searchrolls created by the community of Rollyo users and share your knowledge on a particular set of topics. You can even edit Searchrolls created by others.

Swicki – (Info)

A swicki is new kind of search engine that allows anyone to create deep, focused searches on topics you care about. Unlike other search engines, you and your community have total control over the results and it uses the wisdom of crowds to improve search results. This search engine, or swicki, can be published on your site. Your swicki presents search results that you’re interested in, pulls in new relevant information as it is indexed, and organizes everything for you in a neat little customizable widget you can put on your web site or blog, complete with its very own buzz cloud that constantly updates to show you what are hot search terms in your community.

Kartoo – (Info)

Kartoo è un metamotore di ricerca che presenta i risultati sotto forma di mappe.

Snap – (Info)

Fast Visual Display of Results Previews

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Vedi anche: Powerset