Sunday, September 23, 2007

Tags, Search Engines, Rollyo, Visual Maps

I've just discovered searchcrystal.com. This tool allows you to search several search engines at once, compare results, save results and email them if you wish. Results can be displayed in a visual map whether you search the web, tags, blogs or images. You can also get your results in a mashup.

I did a search on public art and it was perfect for what I wanted. I got documents, images, and blogs. I saved the search---"crystalized" it--and now I can explore the results whenever I have time.

I would be much more likely to use my tags to search with this tool than I would to spend time on Rollyo. I have a rollyo account but I'm not sure I would use it except for a very specific ongoing search topic because it takes a lot of time to do it right.

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