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New Clustering Search Engine to battle Google

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the coulda-used-a-better-name dept.

Sophrosyne writes "The New York Times is reporting a new search engine [free if DNA on file with Homeland Security] named "Clusty" is going to try and take Google head-on. The new search engine was developed by three former CMU computer scientists who formed the company Vivisimo. The search engine uses Overture for it's results but offers new features such as an encyclopedia search, clustered results, and a gossip search."

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  1. Clue! by mfh · · Score: 4, Funny

    But anyway, this does look interested.

    I think there's your first clue for why your story was rejected.

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    1. Re:Clue! by jabber-admin · · Score: 4, Funny

      Perhap s/he also forgot to include a witty comment about the NYT registration req.

  2. Re:is going to try and take Google head-on. by fgb · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...but not one that reminds me of "Clippy".

  3. Re:Klutsy? by Quixote · · Score: 4, Funny
    They need to consider naming things that people can:
    A) pronounce

    Well, Google has got everyone beat in this regard. "Google" is probably the first thing a baby says (and hence I'm sure it is hardwired into our brains). The only thing that could beat "Google" would be "dada" or "burp". Any takers?

  4. Dada would be... by sam_handelman · · Score: 4, Funny

    A search engine that finds pages containing the words you typed which are *least* likely to relate to your actual underlying question. A google of the absurd, as it were.

    This could be very, very difficult. How would you implement such a thing, from a technical standpoint?

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