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 Definition and Orientation (Sarah)

 

 

 - There's nothing inherently wrong with conventional search engines that present the user with a list of results. But the more complex the search, the more difficult it becomes to manage the list and find the result you need. A simple list of web pages containing the search terms doesn't provide us with much insight.

 - The text list stems from the fact that most developers tend to have left-brain orientation (logical minded and a preference for text).

 - A number of search engines and tools have been developed over the last several years that use visual elements for searching and displaying results. These can simplify the searching process, bring more meaning and context to the results, and allow users to view and conceptualize results in a different manner.

 - There are many different types of visual search engines, each using a visual element in a different way.  (This is not an exhaustive list. And some of these belong to more than one category. The *s are the search engines we’ll cover in detail.)

 

Groups results based on context and meaning

 

KartOO

Grokker

KoolTorch

*Quintura

Mooter

Clusty

Ujiko

 

Displays relationships between items in a group such as movies or artists

 

MusicPlasma

*TimeWall

 

 

Uses pictures as “search terms”

 

*Like.com (shopping)

 

Screenshots of results

 

Lygo

*RedZee

Managed Q

 

Visual search for images

 

Ditto

OSkope

 

Displays how sites are linked

 

TouchGraph

 

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