Better search results than Google? (Groxis,Grokker ,Vivisimo)

[papau]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/01/05/seeing.search1.ap/index.html

Better search results than Google?
Next-generation sites help narrow Internet searches

NEW YORK (AP) --As wonderful as Internet search engines are, they have a pretty big flaw. They often deliver too much information, and a lot of it isn't quite what we're looking for. Who really bothers to read the dozens of pages of results that Google generates?
Some intriguing technologies are getting better at bringing order to all that chaos, and could revolutionize how people mine the Internet for information.

Software now emerging analyzes search results and automatically sorts them into categories that, at a glance, present far more information than the typical textual list.

"We enliven the otherwise deadening process of searching for information," said Raul Valdes-Perez, co-founder of Vivisimo Inc., which quickly puts search results into clickable categories. <snip>

A similar process powers Grokker, a downloadable program that not only sorts search results into categories but also "maps" the results in a holistic way, showing each category as a colorful circle. Within each circle, subcategories appear as more circles that can be clicked on and zoomed in on.<snip>

"We now have the capability to 'grok' anything," said R.J. Pittman, chief executive of Sausalito, California-based Groxis. Would-be Grokkers, a note of caution: it requires Windows 2000 or XP or Mac OS X.<snip>

[barbaraann]

1. I'd like to see the results of a search on GW Bush.

There would need to be groupings for crimes committed, promises broken, criminals appointed to govt positions, excuses for failures, etc. etc. etc. I honestly don't think there would need to be a category for accomplishments that make the world a better place.

[papau]

2. smile! :-)

:-)

[barbaraann]

3. Unfortunately, I would have to pay for this...

But I just might sign up closer to the election. :-)

[MountainLaurel]

4. Teoma

Is another good one alternative to Google. (www.teoma.com)