Clusty ... a cluster search engine
Thanks to Ian Lynch for this one...
Clusty is a whole new way to search the web.
Clusty queries several top search engines, combines the results, and generates an ordered list based on comparative ranking. This "metasearch" approach helps raise the best results to the top and push search engine spam to the bottom.
But what really makes Clusty unique is what happens after you search. Instead of delivering millions of search results in one long list, our search engine groups similar results together into clusters. Clusters help you see your search results by topic so you can zero in on exactly what you’re looking for or discover unexpected relationships between items. When was the last time you went to the third or fourth page of the search results? Rather than scrolling through page after page, the clusters help you find results you may have missed or that were buried deep in the ranked list.
I tried it out on 'Ancient Egypt' and this is what I got:
The 'clusters' down the left of the page certainly focussed things quickly.
Well worth a try, I think, particularly if your school or your LA are worried about or blocking Google.
posted by Doug @ 14:45
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1 Comments:
Hi Doug
I remember Blogging about Clusty a while ago and I think it is great. I take your point about some LAS blocking Google. If only schools adjustED Google settings to strict search, then they'd find that they did not get the classic mistakes - like the Easter chicks image search, which wont just give fluffy yellow birds. Some of my colleagues have told schools not to use Google, but this is what our kids know as being synonymous with search. I am not saying they should just use Google, they should be taught o use a range of search engines, but banning goole madnes. Serach engines that I have seen for kids are limiting and just don't deliver.
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