Map of Web Content By Perspective

An anonymous reader writes "Cruxlux has a perspective-based search engine up. It provides a map of results laid out by viewpoint. For example, querying 'Obama' shows a map with liberal blog posts, articles, and video clumped together, conservative stuff nearby, and nonpolitical sources farther away. It works for nonpolitical queries too (sports, etc.). It also lets you limit results to certain types of views — you can focus on hot 'Obama' content from a liberal angle, for instance."

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RIAA

[Exanon]

It's interesting to see that when you type in "RIAA" almost all content range from blogs that report on the RIAA's losses, to the one that report on how much they hate the RIAA.

They really have no friends anymore.

Re:Great...

[guha_cruxlux]

Hi, I'm one of the two guys who built Cruxlux. Yes, you could use it to isolate in your echo chamber, but really one of our hopes is that it can help break those walls down. If you don't specify a site, it will show you a cloud of all content, so you can see all angles on the story at a single view, not just one. Also, there's a debate platform there you might fine interesting.

yes, but...

[owlnation]

I like the concept, it certainly has its uses. And it's long before time that search had new innovations, for something so intrinsically useful and lucrative, there's been almost no progress in search in a decade.

However, these folks need to hire a graphic designer. That is one ugly, cluttered website. Far, far too much information to look at at one time, daunting to say the least. Google had the right idea with their interface. Less is more.

Re:yes, but...

[blackest_k]

it seems to do quite well for results but the interface is terrible on a small screen. useless crap on the page when i am trying to look at the results. I don't
mind having to scroll up and down to see more results currently its like trying to look at a room through a letterbox. the results window needs to be bigger.
I don't mind the additions and suggestions dotted round the side before i search after they need to be moved or removed underneath would be ok.

I also couldn't find a way to open the results it would be preferable to open a link to the actual page in fact open several pages even.

The colors had no meaning to me I need to know what i am looking at.
if the colors classify the results as type e.g blogs forums wiki commercial vendor ect. i'd like a key to the colors.

biggest issue really was being unable to get at the results in any useful way.

one part sentence seemed to be all i could see.

on the otherhand the core idea looks good.

A pet hate of mine with google is the inability to seperate a search for a product from a search for information about a product also no way to filter out all the agregation sites which just say you can buy x here here and here and often x is y and not what i am looking for.

search is promising , results awful.

Good start

[dexmachina]

That might be useful for around 1% of internet searches. Now you just need to design a feature that cleverly organizes porn to deal with the other 99%.

Re:Great...

[Anonymous Coward]

Also, there's a debate platform there you might fine interesting.

Excellent, there's no better way to break the internet feedback loop than by encouraging debate. People will bring their best rational arguments and exchange opinions in a frank, lucid manner. It's genius!

Re:Not just spam... trolling spam

[guha_cruxlux]

of course, I did just create this particular account, as I thought it might be useful to respond to comments and answer any questions. Have been very open about who I am to avoid exactly this feeling...

Re:Great...

[Anonymous Coward]

STFU you stupid git