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Mashing Up The Ultimate Search

  • Slate, Wednesday, August 15, 2007 3:15 PM
Technology columnist Christopher Beam gives a good overview of some of the emerging niche search engines, along with a mashup of his dream search engine.

"If I could Frankenstein together the ultimate search engine, it would have the classy interface of Ask.com, the slang capabilities of YubNub, the page-preview functions of iRazoo, ChaCha's 'video wall,' and a Digg-like promote/demote feature. (It would also find me a cure for myopia, an affordable health-care plan, and a date for Friday night.) I could do without ChaCha's 'live guides,' but I plan to recommend the service to my grandmother."

If you don't know your YubNub from your ChaCha, after reading this, you will.

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