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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
Vivisimo gains in enterprise search: Vivisimo gains in enterprise searchdime short and a day lateAutonomy already beat them to the punch on this one.http://www.autonomy.com/content/Technology/index.en.htmlMind you... Autonomy's software is unreliable as hell.So what's your point?Autonomy could have owned this sector years ago if it had its act together...but the market is still wide open to companies...; Tags: SEARCH, Autonomy Corp. plc, Vivisimo Inc., enterprise search; Discussion threads 2006-06-02
Vivisimo gains in enterprise search: Vivisimo is not a well known search engine company but it is one that is doing very well, and doing it very profitably--all without any venture capital money. I first met Raul Valdes-Perez, the CEO and co-founder nearly two years ago. At the time, this Pittsburgh, PA based company was...; Tags: Vivisimo Inc.; Blog posts 2006-06-01
FirstGov gets with modern search: FirstGov, the federal portal, will take a big leap into the 21st century soon. The General Services Administration has chosen Vivisimo, makers of the Clusty.com search engine, and Microsoft MSN Search to revamp the website's search functions, Federal Computer Week reports. Vivisimo's search technology clusters results into groupings that can...; Tags: Vivisimo Inc., FirstGov; Blog posts 2005-10-03

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

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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
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
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
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
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
Could meta-search engine usage shield your privacy from an AOL-like flub? Perhaps: In response to my post from earlier today about whether AOL's unfortunate release of identity-revealing search date could spark a response from the plaintiffs' bar, Raul Valdes-Perez, CEO of enterprise search solution provider Vivisimo, wrote to me with the following e-mail edit: I read with keen interest...; Tags: Raul Valdes-Perez; Blog posts 2006-08-09
Google launches goverment search: Google has launched a new site dedicated to searching for government information: Google US Government Search. It looks like Google is competing directly with the US gov's own FirstGov.gov, which is powered by Vivisimo see FirstGov gets with modern search. The home page of the site features feeds from...; Tags: FEDERAL REGISTER, Google Inc.; Blog posts 2006-06-15
Google Browser Sync: Two steps away from besting Yahoo's del.icio.us?: Google Browser Sync: Two steps away from besting Yahoo's del.icio.us?Yes, this is what it will take for web applications to take off.Offline use, autosync, etc.Google also needs to make Firefoxe mandatory for advanced features since MS will do everything they can to make sure Google does not work very well.Web...; Tags: Channel management, Web site development, SECURITY, Social Security, Del.icio.us, Google Inc., Web, Yahoo! Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-06-12
New FirstGov search is live with great results: In October we relayed that Vivisimo, in cooperation with Microsoft MSN Search, got the contract to give FirstGov.gov some modern search capabilities. Late in January, the new search launched, and finally a wealth of government knowledge is easily available. The Washington Post compared the new and old search engines...; Tags: Social Security, search engine, old search engine; Blog posts 2006-02-16