[WEB4LIB] Re: Northern Light To Stop Free Publicly Available Search Engine

[gary price]

Nancy:
You might want to take a look at Vivisimo.
http://www.vivisimo.com

It's a meta search (they prefer to be called a cluster engine) that places
results into folders in a way similar to NL.

Key differences:
Vivisimo relies on the databases of other engines. NL compiles their own db.
Vivisimo creates categories "on the fly" unlike NL which maps hits to their own
hiearchy.
http://vivisimo.com/html/faq.html#How_does_your_technology_differ_from_Northern_Li
ght's


Make sure to take a look at their robust "Advanced Search" interface.
http://vivisimo.com/form?form=Advanced

Also, you can use Vivisimo "on top of"  a few other databases.
http://vivisimo.com/html/demos/index.html

Finally, if you're using IE with Java, note the preview option with each returned
link.
A click here allows you to view the actual page directly from the results list.
Wisenut offers a similar option.


cheers,
gary



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----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Sosna Bohm" <plum at ulink.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 3:35 PM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Northern Light To Stop Free Publicly Available Search
Engine


| > Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 09:12:50 -0500
| > From: "gary price" <gprice at gwu.edu>
| ..
| > Word this A.M. that Northern Light will stop making their free web search
| > engine available to the public on January 16th. ...
|
|
| Personally, I will miss my 'number 2' choice when Google doesn't find what I
| want. Hotbot is my #3.
|
| Are there any other search engines that divide the results into clickable
| categories like NL?
|
| I'm on the digest, so I won't mind a "reply all" response.
|
|