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Better Search Results Than Google?
Mechanik writes "CNN has an AP article about the next generation of up and coming search tools, which try to cope with the glut of hits that result from 'conventional' search engines such as Google. One tool, Vivisimo, "is like a superfast librarian who can instantly arrange the titles on shelves in a way that makes sense. [...] But unlike libraries, Vivisimo doesn't use predefined categories. Its software determines them on the fly, depending on the search results. The filing is done through a combination of linguistic and statistical analysis." Grokker, another, downloadable program, "not only sorts search results into categories but also "maps" the results in a holistic way, showing each category as a colorful circle. Within each circle, subcategories appear as more circles that can be clicked on and zoomed in on." You have to love the author's use of trying to look for a hotel in France with the terms 'Paris Hilton' as an example of searching gone awry."
They aren't off to a very good start:
Problem occurred while using Vivisimo::
Currently under heavy load. Please try again shortly
Please go back to the Vivisimo home page and try your query again
Glad to see AP covering a site thats been operational for 2 years, nothing like cutting edge reporting.
you have to admit, this may be the first time we've managed to Slashdot a search engine. Yet another /. milestone!
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!
" and it gets mentioned on Buffy, which is as good a cultural barometer as we are ever likely to have"
Gawd help us. Society now sucks if that is our barometer.
Google, the verb, has been mentioned on Law & Order. _THAT_ tells me it has entered the mainstream.
Holy s-, it's Jesus!
Nothing but the finest in meaningless drivel
...a search engine which can't handle a slashdotting.
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I think you misspelled barfometer
- Donny was a good bowler, and a good man.
I wasn't sure whether it was scripted, but there was a good repartee from her end:
Fallon: Is it roomy inside Paris Hilton?
Hilton: Yeah, might feel a little spacy for you, but other people find it cozy.
or something to that extent
So far Vivisimo is proving to be 100% successful at removing the glut of results. All of them, in fact.
--- What?
There was this guy who really wanted to get into my pants. So every time I had a major assignment I'd hang out with the other girls until the day before it was due, then just have him search for me.
:)
A few cut and pastes and I got at least a B+ every time.
Who needs a search engine when you've got a push up bra?
Disclaimer: Just kidding, not work safe.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
Detecting infinite loops?!?! If you can figure out a way to do that, then you'll have solved the halting problem and disproved the incompleteness theorem.
Of course you'll have also unravled the fabric of the universe...
The only one that got processed was "Slashdot Effect".
searching for Paris Hilton the socialite and her "exploits".... that darn thing keeps showing the hilton hotel in Paris where Paris Hilton never partied....
The term "Slashdot Effect" is now one of only three clickable (i.e. searchable) links under their search box, suggesting that these folks at least have a sense of humour. Brownie points for that.
Here's the Google Cache of Vivisimo.
There is no reasonable defense against an idiot with an agenda
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"I'm feeling lucky"?
-no broken link
A colleague just asked me a technical question. He said he'd normally look it up on google, but figured it would be faster to ask me.
There's probably a moral there, somewhere.
...laura
and if they *don't* have lots of good lawyers, presumably they could *find them very quickly*