Nginer, Timesaving Metasearch
March 23, 2010
I find that for certain types of queries, I need a metasearch system. I have mentioned Devilfinder before, and I like that service because it generates the top 100 hits for queries. I can scan the list and get a good sense of what’s available. That type of overview is useful because I prefer to hit the Web before using the for fee services.
A reader sent me a link to Nginer.com, a system that displays results from Google, Bing, Yahoo, Clusty and several others in one window. I ran several queries and found the service quite useful. Here are the points I noted:
- A drop down list lets me confine the query to a collection; for example, blogs, books, and social bookmarks, among other subsets.
- A tabbed display which lets me look at the top hits across a number of search and metasearch systems. I like this approach because I can tell at a glance which system is indexing certain content quickly.
- A tag cloud that shows me what is getting traffic at the time I ran the query.
I did not like two things. First, there was no button to let me clear the results and run another query. No big deal, just annoying. Second, I want way to eliminate systems that in my experience rarely yield any useful results for my types of queries. Otherwise, I was a happy camper.
My recommendation is for you take a test drive.
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