Search 2.0 vs. Traditional Search

ReadWriteWeb writes "Ebrahim Ezzy reviews 5 new third-generation search technologies — and how they compare to the big guns of Google, Yahoo and MSN. These so-called "search 2.0" companies are combining the scalability of existing internet search engines with new and improved relevancy models; they bring into the equation user preferences, collaboration, collective intelligence, a rich user experience, and many other specialized capabilities. The new search engines profiled are Swicki, Rollyo, Clusty, Wink and Lexxe." Note, as the article points out, that the author has developed yet another search engine, called Qube.

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Categories, duh

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No one seems to figure out that the next generation search engine will have to get specific first(patent pending), otherwise how does "bush" know where to go in the search results? It ought to show me a page in between results that says, which "bush" are you searching for? and then has 1 sample result from each "bush" related result group(patent pending). Oh, one other thing -- patent pending.

Re:Uh oh ...

[Billosaur]

When I see something touted with a phrase like "rich user experience", my natural reaction (after more than a decade of web use) is to shudder and go on to something that's more likely to be useful and informative.

Good point. The fact is, the state of web sites and web-driven applications is atrocious. People are taking the gaggle of new technologies available and abusing them, creating clunky interfaces, over-stuffed web pages, and garish sites where finding actual content is next to impossible. Google has set the standard for clean, efficient site design, and these Search 2.0 companies are going to learn a hard lesson if they don't follow the trail Google has blazed.

Geek Powerhouse?

[HisMother]

The "Qube" webpage calls the product a "Geek Powerhouse", which makes me laugh. The "About" page talks about "browserless search", which sounds a lot like adware to me; and in fact, that's exactly what it is -- you have to download a program to your local machine to use the service. The part that makes me laugh is that despite its being a "Geek Powerhouse", it's Windows-only; no Linux, no Mac OS X. "Search 2.0" apparently means "Now with 200% more evil!"

Re:From the makers of Web 2.0...

[jlarocco]

If they think slapping a fancy title on it will spark everyone to transition to their new search products, they should think again. I suspect Google will simply roll out there 2.0 option at some point and kick everyone else's butt.

None of the search engines use the term "Search 2.0." That's the author of the article. I agree it's stupid, but you're blaming the wrong party.

Re:Not so stunning results for the "next generatio

[elrous0]

Lexxe is feeling the slashDot effect.

Funny thing was, I did the search before non-subscribers could even see the story. If they're THAT weak, they're in a lot of trouble.

-Eric