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Grokker Search Engine Provides Visual Search Results

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sounds-like-kartoo dept.

KeatonMill writes "The New York Times (as always, free registration) ran this article about a new search engine, called Grokker, created by a company called Groxis. Grokker builds a map of content catagories using metadata. So far, it is used in the Amazon.com online catalog and the Northern Light search engine. Groxis is also developing a version to use to search your own computer."

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  1. Obligatory no registration link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    partner=cmdrtaco

  2. Seen similar tech, but first wide app like this. by bildstorm · · Score: 5, Informative

    I saw some of the similar kinds of sorting of metadata with stuff from YellowBrix and LingoMotors.

    I guess, given my background, I'd be interested to see how this works in the bigger arena and if they'll be doing widescale support of the PRISM and SCORM standards.

    Anybody out there get to really play with this on the back end?

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  3. Another interesting visual/mapping search engine: by Artifice_Eternity · · Score: 5, Informative

    Kartoo.com

    Note: Flash required.

  4. Re:YASE by bildstorm · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes we do.

    This program, and several similar, allow you to serious organise content. Google is nice on a boolean search, but not for related content type searches.

    I'm pretty good at doing searches with Google, but having tried some of this stuff out, it's AMAZING for doing research. A lot of companies are deriving their technology from intelligence agencies.
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    The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. - G.B. Shaw
  5. What's new about this? by Aanallein · · Score: 5, Informative

    Kartoo (previously mentioned here) has been doing visual search results for quite a while already; I'd even say that's the most useful application of Flash that I've ever seen.

  6. Re:YASE by abiogenesis · · Score: 5, Informative

    Try Google sets, you'll be amazed.

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