Search 2.0, Beyond Google
July 20th, 2006I have not been satisified with search engines lately. My problem is the fact that technologies have merged together from existing technologies, so that if you search on certain terms for a specific programming language you will often get results for an array of languages. A prime example is a search on implementing an outer join with an SQL query. These days I am most concerned with SQL Server 2005, but I often get results for Oracle, DB2 or MySQL instead.
So I definately have an interest in the reviews of next generation search engines, called Search 2.0. After a short evaluation of these search sites I am really liking ROLLYO which allows you to roll your own search engine. You are able to create a series of search profiles filtered by the websites you want included. In my ROLLYO profile, I have a .NET Search which I have targeted at the MSDN websites, .NET blogs and other .NET related websites. Now a search for "outer join" actually finds something useful to me. It's great.
Go create your own profile. And come back and post them here!
July 21st, 2006 at 9:36 am
We are working on that problem too, but I think the answer is user-generated tagging. At Dumbfind we allow you to search on keywords and tags simultaneously (we have our own index and automatically tag the web), which is like specifying a vertical search engine at runtime. We just launched a new site called Searchles which is a social bookmarking site where you connect to your friends/peers in MySpace fashion. The next step is to combine the two so that people are tagging sites and enhancing the relevancy of our main index. With tags of course!
July 21st, 2006 at 9:36 am
oh yeah, websites are http://www.dumbfind.com and http://www.searchles.com
September 8th, 2006 at 10:32 am
Great Search Engine, check out our recent web portal. Sprinko.com is a Fun way to search the web for news, images, articles, encyclopedia, dictionary and videos.