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Next-generation search engines compared
Over at Read/WriteWeb Ebrahim Ezzy has written an interesting article called Search 2.0 vs Traditional Search, which inspects some of the next-generation search technologies that are showing up. Ezzy calls Search 2.0 the third generation of search engines (go figure)--whereas first-generation search (e.g. AltaVista) ranked by content and second-generation search (e.g. Google) ranked by link analysis, Search 2.0 technologies "are designed to combine the scalability of existing internet search engines with new and improved relevancy models; they bring into the equation user preferences, collaboration, collective intelligence, a rich user experience, and many other specialized capabilities that make information more productive." He compares Swicki, Rollyo, Clusty, Wink, and Lexxe to traditional search engines and describes how their models can offer a better experience. This article is just Part 1--in Part 2 Ezzy will look at Jookster, Gravee, PreFound and Ezzy's own company, Qube.[Via Slashdot]
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
