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Life without Google: Can Clusty get traction?

Life without Google: Can Clusty get traction?Thanks for reviewing itI realize they're not doing well, but I really do like their search platform. You're right, it's great for 'short tail' searches and discovery, which typically get the highest volume anyway. So it makes for an ideal place for...

Tags: SEARCH, Vivisimo Clusty, Google Inc., Northern Lights

Discussion threads 2007-06-22

Life without Google: Can Clusty get traction?

Clusty is a meta search engine that gives you a result and then offers you to drill down based on clusters of content. The big question is whether you'll appreciate these clusters.The Clusty approach is particularly handy if you're doing basic research and don't mind suggestions for more information (see...

Tags: Web Technology, Search, Life Without Google, Google, General

Blog posts 2007-06-22

News to know: Clusty; Supernova; Longhorn not reloaded; Linux security

Notable headlines:Life without Google: Can Clusty gain traction? Gallery right.Mary Jo Foley: Windows Longhorn won't be reloaded, after all.Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Friday Rant - Copy protection on computer game discs.Windows vs. Mac vs. Linux - Which is more secure? Jeff Jones report.Open Source Initiative: Will The Real Open Source CRM Please...

Tags: News to know, General

Blog posts 2007-06-22

Images: Can Clusty be a search challenger?

Clusty takes an innovative approach to search, but the site hasn't gained traffic.

Tags: Vivisimo Clusty

Image galleries 2007-06-21

Life without Google: Quintura a nice alternative with adoption hurdles

Life without Google: Quintura a nice alternative with adoption hurdlesNice looking but no thanks!I tried using Quintura, but it just doesn't work as efficiently as Yahoo! the one I use. I usually do 20-30 searches each day, so to me, the flow diagram is actually just distracting and not useful...

Tags: SEARCH, Web browsers, Google Code, Quintura, Google Inc., search engine, Vivisimo Clusty

Discussion threads 2007-06-18

Life without Google: The importance of toolbars and browser add-ons

Life without Google: The importance of toolbars and browser add-onsOpenSearchFor search engines using OpenSearch it is plain simple to add them to the search bar. Just go to the homepage of the search engine and the option will automatically be in the FireFox menu.See here how simple it is to...

Tags: Web browsers, SEARCH, toolbar, Web browser, search engine, Vivisimo Clusty, browser add-on, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-06-11

Vivisimo, Clusty, A9, AllTheWeb, Snap collectively get 7.1% of US Web users

For the week ending Oct. 30, 71% of US Web users went to the top 10 search engines, a 7% increase YTY, Hitwise reports. Collectively, five alternative search engines - Vivisimo, Clusty property of Vivisimo, a9 property of Amazon, Alltheweb (property of Yahoo!) and Snap - claimed only 10% of...

Tags: Vivisimo Inc., Amazon A9

Blog posts 2004-11-08

Additional Resources

Microsoft offers to buy FAST for $1.2 billion; Likely to trigger enterprise search consolidation

Microsoft said Tuesday that it will offer $1.2 billion in cash for Fast Search and Transfer FAST, a big player in the enterprise search market. The move is sure to shake up the enterprise search market, which thus far has been dominated by a series of smaller...

Tags: Google Inc., Enterprise Search, Consolidation, Microsoft Corp., Fast Search, Search, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-01-08

Search: Tomorrow's Enteprise 2.0 Platform?

A few months ago when I was reviewing bookmarking and tagging platforms I got to wondering whether search engines will become the platforms for enterprise 2.0 integration in your enterprise. I don't mean search on the general Internet, of course, I'm talking about enterprise search engines from vendors such as...

Tags: Vivisimo Inc., Search Engine, Velocity, Tagging, Velocity 6.0, Search, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2007-10-08

Clustybar (xpi)

The Clustybar extension offers several features to help you find information more quickly and easily than ever before. These include: Search and cluster results from several search engines; Clusty Clips to get dictionary and encyclopedia definitions for any term on any page; Mini-Mode to save valuable screen space; Query Catcher...

Tags: Vivisimo Inc., Search Engine, Search

Software downloads 2007-09-21

BetterSearch (xpi)

BetterSearch: An extension for Firefox which enhances Google (all international flavours, too), Yahoo Search, del.icio.us, MSN Search, A9, Answers.com web results, AllTheWeb, ask.com Ask Jeeves, Clusty.com, Vivisimo.com and Simpy.com by adding previews thumbnails and Amazon product images and info (type, price, rating for US/DE/UK/CA/FR products), a quick preview feature as...

Tags: Web, BetterSearch, Channel Management, Web Browsers, Search, Marketing, Internet

Software downloads 2007-08-20

In their own words: Search engines on privacy

In their own words: Search engines on privacyThis is complete BSGOOGLEHow long do you retain those data?Grand: Google was the first leading search company to publicly announce a finite data retention period for server log data. We will anonymize our server logs after 18 months.Then why such a long cookie...

Tags: SEARCH, Google Inc., search engine

Discussion threads 2007-08-13

How to fully de-gunk a PC of Crapware

How to fully de-gunk a PC of CrapwareApple Troll keeps on his topic - NTNTUse X-Lite Mega pack to avoid installing QT and iTunesUse X-Lite Mega pack to avoid installing QT and iTunes or Real Player. Real Player is the most horrible application I've ever seen in the way...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, TCP/IP, Apple QuickTime, TCP Optimizer, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Crapware, Quick Time, PC

Discussion threads 2007-06-18

Life without Google Day 5: The Kartoo experience

Life without Google Day 5: The Kartoo experienceVery nice!!!I don't it will do the work Google is doing for me but it's refreshing and highlight things you don't see will Google.Thanks.While you looking at other sites, can you......find one that does newgroups usenet searches? Right now, Google is the...

Tags: Blogging, SEARCH, RSS, searchCrystal, Google Inc., KartOO, Usenet

Discussion threads 2007-06-13

Enterprise search: How long to deploy?

Ask an enterprise search vendor how long it'll take for a customer to deploy the company's software and you get a everything from a few days to a few months. In other words it depends--mostly on the customer.I did a little informal poll at the Enterprise Search Summit this week...

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, General, IT Management, Search, Semantic Web, Software Infrastructure, Web Technology

Blog posts 2007-05-18

Is search broken?

Search engines say they use complex algorithms to help users find exactly what they want Googles "Im feeling lucky" button (btw, does anybody use it?), right below the search box implies that very thing.The legions of Ph.Ds working for the search engines publish oodles of scientific papers on complex mathematical...

Tags: Google, Search

Blog posts 2007-03-03

Proof that the search for "great search" isn't over just yet

Proof that the search for "great search" isn't over just yetSide point, but not irrelevant..."although there are some studies often commissioned by the providers of insourced solutions that try to demonstrate how outsourcing to application service providers like Salesforce.com might cost more in the long run"That's why OSS CRM solutions...

Tags: Document management, Strategy, Google Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-12-13

Is there a technological cure for being boring?

This morning, I was listening to a group of people worrying that their business is going away. They create and own or license lots of data stored in databases and want to continue making money. Thing is, they are talking about technology and not the information and wisdom in...

Tags: Google Inc.

Blog posts 2006-09-11

Barney the dinosaur sued after legal threats

Barney the dinosaur sued after legal threatsAnyone remember this?I hate youYou hate meto-ge-ther we kill BarneyWith a shotgun blastBarney hits the floorNo more purple dinosaur!Whoops! Am I going to get sued for that? =-)Take the b*stard down!Barney stole my wife and killed my dog.Hey Barney is an old Microsoft ProductThey...

Tags: Games, Barney

Discussion threads 2006-08-24

Undistinguished Identity and Your Reputation

Scott Lemon has been writing lately about what companies like Google know about you. In a post called "Google knows who you really are" he concludes: Google knows you like no one else. Google knows more about you and I then we know about ourselves....

Tags: Google Inc., Google Knows

Blog posts 2006-08-10