The Best Search Engine I have ever seen!

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May 25th, 2006, 01:17 PM
hangmanz

The Best Search Engine I have ever seen!

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm very fed up with the decline in search engine quality over the past few years. I remember back when a google search really returned 1,000,000 results if you were willing to go through them all, spidercrawler return 100's of 1000's of results, etc. I
could find what I wanted and didn't have to sift through moutains of "paid listings" before I found REAL results. Even using Boolean searches doesn't help much with engines nowadays, and recently google has started filtering out very common pages because some of the words "might" refer to hacking... Anyway, I found KartOO today and, although it uses those engines, it is AWESOME and allows one to quicly filter through the trash that is inevitably returned.

Name: KartOO
URL: http://www.kartoo.com/flash.php3?langue=en
DESC: Uses Flash to create a "map" of results from up-to 10
engines. Awesomely, the map seems to be built by
analyzing the occurence of words in the pages content
and linking them together through clickabel keywords to
refine your search. Each site is represented like a "world"
with pages as moons around the world. Links are displayed
by hovering over the words, and can add the word to you
search wtih a single click. Very sweet!

Everyone needs to try this engine!
May 25th, 2006, 01:32 PM
Fubarian

does anyone else smell spam?
May 25th, 2006, 01:38 PM
3fingersalute

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fubarian

does anyone else smell spam?

already reported :D
May 25th, 2006, 02:00 PM
hangmanz

Well, it wasn't intended as spam.... Looking back at it, it
does look like a cheap advert. you get in the mail. :rolleyes:
Hope you actually checked what else I've posted and looked
before you spammed me though...

Btw, for future reference can you point me to the
policies on what is considered spam here (just in case
posting links to sites people haven't been before is
considered spam you know).
May 25th, 2006, 02:07 PM
3fingersalute

Quote:

Originally Posted by hangmanz

Well, it wasn't intended as spam.... Looking back at it, it
does look like a cheap advert. you get in the mail. :rolleyes:
Hope you actually checked what else I've posted and looked
before you spammed me though...

Btw, for future reference can you point me to the
policies on what is considered spam here (just in case
posting links to sites people haven't been before is
considered spam you know).

Usually when a new user appears and starts posting trying to point people other websites for products, its SPAM. That may not be the case this time, although at first glance it appears so. The board FAQ's should cover things considered to be outside of the acceptable use policy, like SPAM, having multiple accounts, etc.

Sorry for any confusion, but we have been flooded with heavy SPAM here lately.
May 25th, 2006, 02:18 PM
3fingersalute

btw, here's the Acceptable Use Policy if you want to read over it.
May 25th, 2006, 02:21 PM
hangmanz

It's cool

I understand. I hate it too. A M.U.D. (telnet/text based mind you) that I've been playing lately has started getting spammed. Who spams a M.U.D.
over telnet!? Anyway, sorry to have ruffled your feathers.
May 25th, 2006, 02:24 PM
3fingersalute

Quote:

Originally Posted by hangmanz

I understand. I hate it too. A M.U.D. (telnet/text based mind you) that I've been playing lately has started getting spammed. Who spams a M.U.D.
over telnet!? Anyway, sorry to have ruffled your feathers.

You didn't ruffle my feathers - Just figured you for another "bot"
May 26th, 2006, 11:10 AM
NooNoo

OK, and it passed my code 31 test...
May 26th, 2006, 01:38 PM
Damned Angel

ok I'll bite, what is your code 31 test?
May 26th, 2006, 01:46 PM
NooNoo

type code 31 into google, what do you get as first hit? Where is it that on other search engines, if it's not in the top 5 or 10, the engine sucks...
May 26th, 2006, 02:38 PM
3fingersalute

Quote:

Originally Posted by NooNoo

type code 31 into google, what do you get as first hit? Where is it that on other search engines, if it's not in the top 5 or 10, the engine sucks...

A MS Knowledge base article about EZ CD-Creator
May 26th, 2006, 05:00 PM
street1

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3fingersalute

A MS Knowledge base article about EZ CD-Creator

Same here. Hello Noo Noo.All the best with school.

kartoo does pass your code 31 test. :grin: :grin:
May 26th, 2006, 11:18 PM
gotit

I like this kartoo.........
May 27th, 2006, 02:58 AM
NooNoo

The user interface is complicated and the font is small for us old fogies... but I think the younger ones will like it.
May 27th, 2006, 07:10 AM
Mayet

I agree with Noonoo Its purty.... but I like the old style search engines for fastness reliability and ease of use. The visual link maps are good for webmaster use but not required much for day to day users.

The visual will catch the young ones but afer a while google and the others will incorporate the better bits like the maps into their own search engines which will once again give them the greater edge. I also like googles little description of part of the page in the results which is reason enough not to use Kart00.