Every once in awhile its good to see other metasearch engine come out of the web. While the top five major search engines battle it out, day in and day out in outclassing each other introducing new features here and there, answering privacy concerns of users, its a breather that something like SearchSalad came out of hybernation.
In a nutshell SearchSalad is all about crawling the top search engines such as Google, Yahoo, MSN and wikipedia for relevant results related to a user’s search keyword. So, instead of searching those search engines one by one, SearchSalad crawls through the top search engines and displays the most relevant results, even eliminating duplicate results along the way.
Working as a metasearch engine, SearchSalad does not have a database of its own and relies on the top search engines database properties. SearchSalad even queries product databases of non-search sites such as Kelko and Ebay as an added bonus to search results.
To give users additional flexibility through personal customization. SearchSalad gives users the option to select the search engines to be included in their search, choose search results based on the strenght of the search engines, upload personalized background picture and play music through its My Salad facility.
Paul Sago, Director of Lemon Interactive, SearchSalad owner best summarizes what SearchSalad is all about:
“This is the future of search and we anticipate bringing many new innovations to the site over the coming months.”
SearchSalad covers the web, video, audio, image, news maps by crawling Google, Yahoo, Ask, MSN, Wikipedia as well as non-search sites such as eBay, Kelkoo, Engadget, Review Centre, CNET, YouTube, Blinx and Ciao.
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Affiliate Marketing Guide on Dec 29, 2007 at 8:43 am
Hi,
I have had a look at search salad.
It looks quite good
Really handy for
1. Keeping an eye on your SERP position over a wide range of search engines
2. Niche and keyword research
Thanks for the heads up
Phil Bradley on Dec 29, 2007 at 4:38 pm
You are having a laugh arn’t you? This type of search engine went out with the ark. It’s the most basic of all the types of meta search engine and it really adds absolutely nothing of interest to a searcher. I did laugh though - the name is throwing up totally inappropriate Google ads. The page title of the engine really says everything and smacks of desperation.
Small Business Marketing on Dec 29, 2007 at 8:52 pm
If it helps to filter the information then it makes sense. It appears to be just regurgitating information without doing any specific filtering.
Maciej Galecki on Dec 31, 2007 at 8:29 am
I agree to Phil - it doesn’t really improve the functionality… This kind of added value is doubtful in my opinion. Btw, what if Google and other search engines start to reject data requests? I don’t think it’s a good solution in long term.
John on Jan 10, 2008 at 8:33 am
I agree, I think they are in the infancy. However, I have had a playaround with the other aspects of the site and the customisation and addition of non search sites is a good idea… they just need to get it slick!
Also it needs speeding up, I think they will get their in the end…
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