Monday, January 28, 2008

A serving of Google, a drop of Yahoo, a pinch of Windows Live and a generous helping of del.icio.us.. What's your best recipe for web search?

Most people are reliant on one or two search engines to find their information on the internet, and the name that most frequently crops up is Google. Google with its wonderful PageRank algorithm has led the way in this area, but Yahoo! and Windows Live have been focusing their efforts and are closing the gap on the quality of the search results. But try searching for something on each of these search engines, and you'll find that the results vary quite significantly.

There's also some initiatives towards the use of human editors and contributions from the social community and media. These alternatives do present their own advantages, as results from these search engines take advantage of human expertise as well as the wisdom of crowds. However, they lack the depth and scale provided by the major algorithmic search engines.

So why not get the best of both worlds? FuzzFind Web Search is a web search mashup that combines the best of the major search engines (Google, Yahoo Search, Windows Live Search) and social bookmarking sites (del.icio.us)
What's more, why not mix and match the best results from each of these sources according to your preference? You can change the 'recipe' of the search by adjusting slider bars.

Try it, you may be pleasantly surprised by the results.

FuzzFind Web Search
http://www.fuzzfind.com

Saturday, December 29, 2007

How to use FuzzFind Web Search in 3 steps


  1. Use the Search Box on the left


    Go to FuzzFind Web Search. Enter the words that you would like to search for, and press Enter or click on the Find button.



    Tune and personalize your search results by using the sliders on the left.



    If you would like to see more results from each individual search source, simply click its name.






  2. Let FuzzFind do its work


    Just wait while FuzzFind loads the mashup results from each of the major search engines (Google, Yahoo! Search, Windows Live Search) and social bookmarking sites (del.icio.us).

    While the results are being loaded and sorted, a yellow bar appears across the top.



  3. Find the best results!


    The results are sorted according to the rankings in the major search engines and social bookmarking sites.

    To the left of each result, logos representing each search engine or social bookmarking site appears.
    The size of each logo corresponds to the importance of the result, which means that a larger logo is more relevant.
    Place your mouse cursor over a logo if you'd like to see more details.

    Click on the title of the result and the result will be opened in a new window.

Monday, December 17, 2007

Introducing FuzzFind Web Search



What's FuzzFind?


FuzzFind is a web search mashup that combines the power of the leading search engines and social bookmarking sites to make it easier for you to locate and identify the most relevant information. All results are grouped together and sorted according to the search engine rankings plus the popularity of the sites according to the social bookmarking community.


Give it a try and compare the results that you get with your favourite search engines. We're hoping that you'll be pleasantly surprised. We would greatly appreciate any feedback, good or bad, so that we can improve your search experience. Please use the Contact Us link to send us your thoughts.


Why FuzzFind?

  • Get the best combined results from the leading search engines eg Google, Yahoo and Live Search all in one location

  • Get improved, more relevant results based on popularity as determined by the community in leading social bookmarking site del.icio.us

  • See the individual search engine rankings, tags (categories) and number of bookmarks for each result to help identify and judge relevance

  • No mixing of sponsored or paid links within the search results

Start searching now at http://www.fuzzfind.com