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Spezify.com - search visualisation tool, aggregating different social media

Just discovered this neat search tool - Spezify.com

Spezify.com pulls from a number of social media platforms and other online sources to present a visual search result - aiming to show "the bigger picture".

My search for "ozia09" resulted in this nice collage:

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Filed under  //   data visualisation   real time search   search   social media  
Posted October 4, 2009
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Semanti: browser add-on to improve search

http://www.semanti.com/

I've been playing around with Semanti.
A browser add-on that provides "smarter" suggestions
while you type your search terms into the search engine
form field. Similar to "IntelliSense", but somewhat better,
as it offers more context.

Another feature of Semanti is that you can link it with
(drum roll...) Facebook to enhance your search results
and see which ones your friends have already showed
interest in...

When doing research, you can also save your searches to
your Semanti "myweb" account.

Here's a demo:

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Filed under  //   search   semantic web  
Posted June 28, 2009
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Eye-tracking study compared Google and Bing search results

Check the comments. Very "enlightening".

http://lifehacker.com/5302885/study-suggests-eyeballs-like-bing-but-googles-familiar

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Filed under  //   eye-tracking   search   usability  
Posted June 27, 2009
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