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Search 2.0 vs. Traditional Search 187

Posted by timothy from the for-all-that-2.0-stuff-you-lost dept.
ReadWriteWeb writes "Ebrahim Ezzy reviews 5 new third-generation search technologies — and how they compare to the big guns of Google, Yahoo and MSN. These so-called "search 2.0" companies are combining the scalability of existing internet search engines with new and improved relevancy models; they bring into the equation user preferences, collaboration, collective intelligence, a rich user experience, and many other specialized capabilities. The new search engines profiled are Swicki, Rollyo, Clusty, Wink and Lexxe." Note, as the article points out, that the author has developed yet another search engine, called Qube.
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  • Not so stunning results for the "next generation" (Score:5, Funny)

    by elrous0 ( 869638 ) * on Thursday July 20, 2006 @09:08AM (#15749161)
    Well, I tried out the "Search 2.0" Lexxe, the one that "does what TSE's already do, but more efficiently."

    I asked it a simple question. And it responded. Here is the efficient answer that must surely have Google quaking in its boots:

    Lexxe (alpha version) has just encountered a system or internal connection problem, due to too many users using it now.

  • Interesting choice of names (Score:5, Funny)

    by Burb ( 620144 ) on Thursday July 20, 2006 @09:09AM (#15749163)
    My confident prediction for search 3.0 engines will be TinkyWinky, Dipsi, Lala and Po.

  • I say! (Score:5, Funny)

    by isecore ( 132059 ) <isecore@NOSPAM.isecore.net> on Thursday July 20, 2006 @09:09AM (#15749164) Homepage
    Well, I'm off to eat Food 2.0 now and after that I'm going to Take A Dump 2.0

    Am I the only one who's getting tired of this trend of tagging on 2.0 to everything? It's stupid. Searching is still essentially the same way as before, it's not like a magic robot comes out of the screen or anything.
    • I agree, "Search 2007" would have been much better than "Search 2.0". Afterall, we are about to enter the Vista-age.
    • I think you misspelt your verbs:
      TummyFillr 2.0 beta
      ToiletFillr 2.0 beta

    • It's not quite as annoying as the previous (and sadly still lurking around) trend of putting "e" in front of everything.

      Hmmm, that gives me an idea. Maybe I could start a new company....... eSearch 2.0! Everyone will be all like, "whoa, forget Google, forget the boring old Search 2.0 companies, THIS guy's doing it electronically!"

    • Am I the only one who's getting tired of this trend of tagging on 2.0 to everything?

      No, you're not.

      Meet the new boss [insert Townsend guitar riff] - same as the old boss

    • Re:I say! (Score:3, Funny)

      by blindd0t ( 855876 )
      Agreed... Where the hell is Porn 2.0?!

      • Re:I say! (Score:5, Funny)

        by jZnat ( 793348 ) * on Thursday July 20, 2006 @12:42PM (#15750772) Homepage Journal
        I thought the increasing amount of amateur porn was pr0n 2.0, and that started before Web 2.0. Porn; ahead of the game as always.

        I know! I could create a Porn 2.0 website called fuckhr! Or fuckr. You post your own home-made amateur porn movies, and you tag them with tags like "hardcore", "bj", "cumshot", and "anal"! Then anyone could just search for specific tags and find some good (hopefully) amateur porn to fit their specific fetishes.

        Y'know, this almost seems like a good idea...
        • I know! I could create a Porn 2.0 website called fuckhr! Or fuckr. You post your own home-made amateur porn movies, and you tag them with tags like "hardcore", "bj", "cumshot", and "anal"! Then anyone could just search for specific tags and find some good (hopefully) amateur porn to fit their specific fetishes.
          you need an Insightful mod [dyndns.biz]. HTH
      • Some idiot tagged it all as "prawn".
    • 2.0 is king. In fact, I'm off to install Linux 2.0 right now. Too bad it doesn't appear to be a beta releae. After all, everyone knows that betas are better than regular products, right?

    • Re:I say! (Score:2, Funny)

      by fornaxsw ( 786473 )
      Well, I'm off to eat Food 2.0 now and after that I'm going to Take A Dump 2.0

      Am I the only one who's getting tired of this trend of tagging on 2.0 to everything? It's stupid. Searching is still essentially the same way as before, it's not like a magic robot comes out of the screen or anything

      iAgree

  • Its all good (Score:4, Funny)

    by Timesprout ( 579035 ) on Thursday July 20, 2006 @09:10AM (#15749167)
    As long as "Lesbian Porn" return plenty of varied and releveant hits

  • no one gives a fuck (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Turn-X Alphonse ( 789240 ) on Thursday July 20, 2006 @09:11AM (#15749176) Journal
    Move along nothing to see here. People don't want flash based 2.0 web searchs, they want to use a search engine as a spring board. You hop on and 2 clicks later you hop off to your location. When you start adding an interface beyond basic input and 12 million adverts around it (hello yahoo), you lose the entire point of using a search engine to find what you want quickly.

    Keep it clean and keep it simple, that's all you need for a good interface in most cases.
    • While I agree with what you're generally saying, I have to say that yahoo is my second choice after google, its results actually often seem to be much more up to date than google these days. If it wasn't for the interface, it might actually be in the running as my 1st choice search engine.
    • Flash based search? Which of the sites mentioned in the article use flash? Secondly, ignore the 2.0 branding crap, it's a simple way for PR people to get the idea of "New and Improved" across. Google is great and all, but something tells me that people aren't patient enough to sift through the results to find what they want. However, search engines like Swiki and Wink that allow users to contribute to the results can greatly increase the possibility of finding what you want.
    • But why can't those two clicks be animated with Flash fireworks in order to give you the ultimate end user experience? [/sarcasm]


      I agree with parent. Maddox had a rant a while back (that I can't seem to find) about how flashy interfaces suck.

    • You're missing the whole point. "Web 2.0" does generally refer to Ajax and more interactive user interfaces, but that's not what this guy means by "Search 2.0", namely new and improved relevancy models, user preferences, collaboration, collective intelligence and, a rich user experience. In other words, it's about improving search results. The only one possibly relevant to your complaint is "rich user experience," but even so I don't know how you got "ads" from that. Really, you're complaining about the
      • What I see is it starts at Web 2.0/search 2.0 and the more options they have the quicker it becomes a mess. So far everyone whos said buzz words like Web 2.0 has been in it for the money and trying to get some PR up, they don't understand jack and will become the next "lol, we didnt know it was a virus in the ads lol!" type mess.

        Maybe I'm just a bit too negative, but I don't see how these search engines wont die out quickly and just be fads untill then. Because if they ever got big they'd be ad filled waste
    • "they bring into the equation user preferences, collaboration, collective intelligence...

      Those *could* be useful features. Search is far from perfect at this point. But I envision google perfecting it before some company that needs to resort to using the term "web 2.0" to describe itself.

    • Move along nothing to see here. People don't want flash based 2.0 web searchs, they want to use a search engine as a spring board. You hop on and 2 clicks later you hop off to your location. When you start adding an interface beyond basic input and 12 million adverts around it (hello yahoo), you lose the entire point of using a search engine to find what you want quickly.

      You remind me of Bill Gates in the early 90s saying the Internet is stupid, people want desktop apps! We already know how people use sear

  • From the makers of Web 2.0... (Score:4, Insightful)

    by Billosaur ( 927319 ) * <wgrotherNO@SPAMoptonline.net> on Thursday July 20, 2006 @09:14AM (#15749197) Journal

    ...comes the new rage that's sweeping the Internet: Search 2.0! Yes, you've enjoyed Search 1.0 for years but now there's the new and improved Search 2.0! It does all the smae things, but different! No more time-consuming Googling for things -- with Search 2.0, you can have your results in about the same time and have them be remarkably similar!

    If they think slapping a fancy title on it will spark everyone to transition to their new search products, they should think again. I suspect Google will simply roll out there 2.0 option at some point and kick everyone else's butt.

  • Buzzwords (Score:5, Insightful)

    by revery ( 456516 ) * <charles@NoSpam.cac2.net> on Thursday July 20, 2006 @09:15AM (#15749199) Homepage
    Note, as the article points out, that the author has developed yet another search engine, called Qube.

    Apparently he's also working on Buzzword 2.0.
    From the Qube home page: AdRoll program aims to enable a new medium that allows free, point based advertising in a proactive manner

    With synergy! Concordantly!! Vis-a-vis!!!

  • You know... (Score:5, Funny)

    by phlegmofdiscontent ( 459470 ) on Thursday July 20, 2006 @09:15AM (#15749200)
    I just don't see any of these names becoming verbs.

  • You have to trust an article... (Score:4, Insightful)

    by Billosaur ( 927319 ) * <wgrotherNO@SPAMoptonline.net> on Thursday July 20, 2006 @09:18AM (#15749215) Journal

    ...written by someone who is actually working on the same technology for a rival company to the ones listed in the article. There's an unbiased piece of reporting for you!

  • Uh oh ... (Score:5, Insightful)

    by jc42 ( 318812 ) on Thursday July 20, 2006 @09:18AM (#15749217) Homepage Journal
    ..., a rich user experience, ...

    Well, right there's one of the warning phrases.

    One of the big reasons for google's success is that it doesn't give you a "rich user experience". The main web page is utterly plain and simple. You type in a word or phrase. You get back a page with a lot more text, but its layout is again simple and obvious. Granted, you can click the "advanced search" and see something more complicated. But they've carefully hidden the "rich user interface" behind something that's simple and obvious.

    Google's ads are an example of the same. No "rich" ads; just small, unobtrusive chunks of text. Nothing distracting and annoying, so people don't look for ways to turn them off.

    I like wikipedia for the same reason. No flash or pizzazz; just simple, plain, easy to use, and informative.

    When I see something touted with a phrase like "rich user experience", my natural reaction (after more than a decade of web use) is to shudder and go on to something that's more likely to be useful and informative.

    • Re:Uh oh ... (Score:3, Interesting)

      by Billosaur ( 927319 ) *

      When I see something touted with a phrase like "rich user experience", my natural reaction (after more than a decade of web use) is to shudder and go on to something that's more likely to be useful and informative.

      Good point. The fact is, the state of web sites and web-driven applications is atrocious. People are taking the gaggle of new technologies available and abusing them, creating clunky interfaces, over-stuffed web pages, and garish sites where finding actual content is next to impossible. Google

      • So basicly what you're saying is this is Geocities 2.0?

        I've never used a Simpson'ss quote on Slashdot and I never shall, but damn one comes to mind right now.

  • Categories, duh (Score:4, Interesting)

    by 192939495969798999 ( 58312 ) <[info] [at] [devinmoore.com]> on Thursday July 20, 2006 @09:20AM (#15749232) Homepage Journal
    No one seems to figure out that the next generation search engine will have to get specific first(patent pending), otherwise how does "bush" know where to go in the search results? It ought to show me a page in between results that says, which "bush" are you searching for? and then has 1 sample result from each "bush" related result group(patent pending). Oh, one other thing -- patent pending.

  • Clusty (Score:3, Informative)

    by PinkyDead ( 862370 ) on Thursday July 20, 2006 @09:21AM (#15749239) Journal
    Ok... I was looking for something yesterday on Google, but couldn't find it.

    Tried out the clusty solution, and found what I was looking for very rapidly. TFA is correct it feels like a cross between Google and eBay.

    There something to that. I can see Google copying it.

    I didn't try the others because they looked like too much hassle. One of the original appeals of Google was the simplicity.
    • >Ok... I was looking for something yesterday on
      >Google, but couldn't find it.

      >Tried out the clusty solution, and found what I
      >was looking for very rapidly.

      Same here. Couldn't find anything reliable for something
      on Google, just tried Clusty and the categories made it easy.

      Hmm ... might have to install their FF toolbar ...
    • Joining the Clusty bandwagon here. While I don't think the results are any MORE relavent than Google by any stretch, the search engine is more than adequate. The grouping/clustering mechanism, however, makes it VERY easy to navigate your search results, especially, when I am looking for several pages or sources to peruse through.

    • Re:Clusty (Score:3, Informative)

      by AlXtreme ( 223728 )
      I've switched to using only Clusty last fall, and I must say that I rarely use Google anymore (only if I really can't find anything using Clusty, which happens about once or twice a month, or need Scholar). The clustering aspect of Clusty is useful, the privacy policy is straight and clear and the integrated Wikipedia search is a neat feature. And of course Google has become so mainstream that it's not hip to use it anymore.

      The only thing is that Clusty isn't something you can easily verb. I often 'google

  • Ah, "collective intelligence" (Score:4, Funny)

    by LiftOp ( 637065 ) on Thursday July 20, 2006 @09:24AM (#15749259) Homepage
    ...Because none of us is as dumb as all of us. (http://despair.com/ [despair.com])

  • In Search Of... (Score:3, Funny)

    by digitaldc ( 879047 ) * on Thursday July 20, 2006 @09:25AM (#15749263)
    Third-generation search technologies are designed to combine the scalability of existing internet search engines with new and improved relevancy models; they bring into the equation user preferences, collaboration, collective intelligence, a rich user experience, and many other specialized capabilities that make information more productive.

    Yes, but can they tell me where in the hell I left my car keys??

  • What About Collexis? (Score:3, Informative)

    by eldavojohn ( 898314 ) * <eldavojohn@noSpAM.gmail.com> on Thursday July 20, 2006 @09:29AM (#15749297) Journal
    I built prototype search software that revolved around a product called Collexis. It has a medical demo [collexis.net] you can mess around with. The beautiful thing is that it uses a taxonomy to fingerprint documents. It also takes in raw text and assigns it a fingerprint and then uses Sleepy Cat to quickly reference many records and match your fingerprint. Unfortunately, it's not built for "open" domains like everything on the web but works best when you have a finite domain and a large number of documents to search.

    I feel the author fails to even address the first thing he should have in this article. Why move from "Web 1.0" to "Web 2.0"? This article is not intuitively laid out.

    I found an article in Nature [nature.com] to be much more informative than the article linked in this story.

  • Niche search (Score:5, Informative)

    by blinder ( 153117 ) * <[blinder.dave] [at] [gmail.com]> on Thursday July 20, 2006 @09:30AM (#15749305) Homepage Journal
    while these are clever ideas, and do indeed provide a slightly different spin on the traditional search engine, I believe that they will not have much hope of ever taking a bite out of google or yahoo. I mean, I just went through the process of creating a Swicki, and while the interface is nice... it is a lot of work.

    I still think that the niche search engines are more viable not so much as alternatives to google or yahoo, but as an almost adjunct. Like the site I volunteer for, Diysearch.com, yeah it will never replace the majors, and it isn't intended to do, but because its subject-matter focused, the search results and relevancy are that much higher than what you'd get from a google or a yahoo.

    I have no idea if subject-matter focus is the most viable route in terms of focusing search results, but Diysearch.com has been around for a decade and its doing quite well.

  • Pretty interresting (Score:3, Funny)

    by smeuuh ( 830337 ) on Thursday July 20, 2006 @09:30AM (#15749308)
    Just tried Lexxe
    Q : Who is the president of united states ?
    A : Armed forces

  • "Rich user experience" (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Tx ( 96709 ) on Thursday July 20, 2006 @09:32AM (#15749320) Journal
    they bring into the equation user preferences, collaboration, collective intelligence, a rich user experience, and many other specialized capabilities

    The only "rich user experience" I want from my search engine is to experience a set of results rich in accuracy, without any other bullshit. Unfortunately I suspect this guys idea of "rich user experience" is mostly the kind of crap I want to avoid.
  • Let's see... here it is... Search 2.0 requires Web 2.0 or higher. A bribe to your local government official may be required for neutral and/or faster access. Most credit cards and first-born children are accepted. If you broke the shrink wrap, you automaticaly agreed to these terms.

  • Geek Powerhouse? (Score:4, Interesting)

    by HisMother ( 413313 ) on Thursday July 20, 2006 @09:34AM (#15749331)
    The "Qube" webpage calls the product a "Geek Powerhouse", which makes me laugh. The "About" page talks about "browserless search", which sounds a lot like adware to me; and in fact, that's exactly what it is -- you have to download a program to your local machine to use the service. The part that makes me laugh is that despite its being a "Geek Powerhouse", it's Windows-only; no Linux, no Mac OS X. "Search 2.0" apparently means "Now with 200% more evil!"

  • Comment removed (Score:3, Funny)

    by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) on Thursday July 20, 2006 @09:41AM (#15749384)
    Comment removed based on user account deletion
  • I've heard of innumeracy, but this is ridiculous.
  • Sorry, Google *is* search 2.0. Search 1.0 was the fscking phone book. And I don't think this new stuff deserves a major version number. Perhaps search 2.1?
  • I want to put in keywords an give them relative importance to each other and then I want to see filtered results instantly..... So let me put in three keywords, hit submit.. get results... okay 65,056 results... now let me make keyword number 2 3 times more important than the rest... preferably using a slider widget with 100 tick marks on it and a dragging marker to indicate the number... and... the results refactor before my eyes without a refresh so i can see how this has impacted the results list...

    For i
  • Will someone please shoot the writers/editors who keep referring to things as "two-dot-oh". Please. It's like a rolled up ball of bad-naming crud.

    What we have is an ugly rehash of the late 80's and early 90's when everyone who wanted to add "new hotness" to their product name called it 2000, the dotbomb when everything cool was e or .com, and the recent "Applefication" of products to i.

    Get over the 2.0 already.
  • What I am looking forward to is search engines where I can choose to search specific types of pages, like forum discussions, blogs, news articles, product support pages, etc.

    I also want search engines that ignores menus, or other things that aren't part of the main content of the page. Why should every page on slashdot be associated with Apple just because it appears in the sections menu?

    Another thing that could use improving is the removing of pages with similar content. There is no need for there to be 50
  • ..it's scale. I remember a company that built an index in SQL; the concept they were using worked but thier back-end did not scale. There is also a huge start-up cost when building a modern cralwer, which is why there are so few new search companies that survive.
  • It's called google. For anyone old enough to remember, altavista, et al were very "dumb" searches; there were no heuristics involved other than popularity (the more instances of "string" on a page, the higher that page was ranked). Google changed that by adding page popularity (as well as other rules) to give more relevant results.

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