NetNose - by Brad on 14:30 01 Jul 2003
Here is another new search engine that I kind of like. It has a lot of nice features too it and I hope they catch on. You webmasters might want to add your site.
http://www.netnose.com/
Here is another new search engine that I kind of like. It has a lot of nice features too it and I hope they catch on. You webmasters might want to add your site.
http://www.netnose.com/
NetNose - by MoonHunter on 23:19 06 Jul 2003
If this wasn't a listed beta, I would be very unimpressed.
I wish you were more easily able to rate the sites you select for your search. I was searching for one things, then asked to rate a site on Golf.
If this wasn't a listed beta, I would be very unimpressed.
I wish you were more easily able to rate the sites you select for your search. I was searching for one things, then asked to rate a site on Golf.
NetNose - by Brad on 07:30 07 Jul 2003
They have totally randomized the rating feature on purpose. One of the complaints about Dmoz.org has been that some editors in some categories may have a vested interest and place their own sites in a category but keep competitors out.
So NetNose decided to make editor reviews totally random. Well not quite totally, you can filter by adult/non-adult, commercial/non-commercial.
The tricky part as far as I can see is how to keep people's interest if the sites they are reviewing are not what they are interested in. I was reviewing some commercial sites their and found that boring, I'm going to try setting it to non-commercial next and see if that is better.
Did the actual searches, you did, bring back decent results?
They have totally randomized the rating feature on purpose. One of the complaints about Dmoz.org has been that some editors in some categories may have a vested interest and place their own sites in a category but keep competitors out.
So NetNose decided to make editor reviews totally random. Well not quite totally, you can filter by adult/non-adult, commercial/non-commercial.
The tricky part as far as I can see is how to keep people's interest if the sites they are reviewing are not what they are interested in. I was reviewing some commercial sites their and found that boring, I'm going to try setting it to non-commercial next and see if that is better.
Did the actual searches, you did, bring back decent results?
NetNose - by MoonHunter on 01:21 08 Jul 2003
Actually the two fairly broad searches I did came back with poor results. The specific ones came back with the same level of results. It was the kind of results you got from search engines pre-google, if you know what I mean. Most of it was applicable, vaguely, but it had huge gaps. The worst part was missing pages that I knew were 100%, 90%, and 80% applicable to the searches.
Not yet impressed or even admused.
Actually the two fairly broad searches I did came back with poor results. The specific ones came back with the same level of results. It was the kind of results you got from search engines pre-google, if you know what I mean. Most of it was applicable, vaguely, but it had huge gaps. The worst part was missing pages that I knew were 100%, 90%, and 80% applicable to the searches.
Not yet impressed or even admused.
NetNose - by Brad on 08:38 08 Jul 2003
That was my impression too. Theoretically results should improve over time as more sites get reviewed. But I am sceptical.
That was my impression too. Theoretically results should improve over time as more sites get reviewed. But I am sceptical.