Clush, Clusty, Clustering
New search engines abound this month. Clusty, from vivisimo, has a ”’Wikipedia”’ tab that only searches the web’s mutant encyclopedia. They also have a wicked 40’s retro pattern going… Meanwhile, Clush, proving that good things come in convergent-evo clusters, also provides some neatly-clustered search results. In particular, the title above links to a great search for ‘sites with content that might be compatible with/contributed to the w’s m. e.‘
Google of course is responding by taking these efforts very seriously, and working hard not to fall off the magic ball of public respect. Most search engines have disappeared, as a a report on the subject from one of Google’s lead developers notes. Let’s hope these new efforts at least enjoy their fifteen minutes of fame.