Great search results!
I guess the term is “drinking your own Kool-Aid” – I’ve been going to thisnewz.com for some basic searches. Here are a few I’ve just looked at – graded by how well they met my specific needs. I would love to hear from you with your own tests!
1) trying to find a health study that I’d read about a couple of days ago in the LA Times, associating various lifestyle choices with chronic disease rates. I searched for: -latimes diet smoking- in the following systems:
Google.com – D : http://www.google.com/search?q=latimes+diet+smoking
Notes – good results from a word match perspective – but completely useless for my needs.
OneRiot.com – F: http://www.oneriot.com/search?q=latimes+diet+smoking
Notes – only one result. A match, but not what I was looking for
Topsy.com – F : http://topsy.com/search?q=latimes+diet+smoking
Notes – three results, with the same title and description. Same result as OneRiot, but listed three times.
thisnewz.com – B- : http://thisnewz.com/M/sbeta.php?qn=latimes+diet+smoking&pn=&rn=20
Notes – the study I was looking for showed up, clearly labeled, at #6
Looking for a free online OCR solution: searched for: -free OCR-
Google.com – B : http://www.google.com/search?q=free+OCR
Notes – a mix of sites offering free OCR products, and product summary. Good results, but I tried the first link and the product was not effective. Much more research required to find a good candidate.
OneRiot.com – C: http://www.oneriot.com/search?q=free+OCR
Notes – two results – one identical to the lower quality service that was #1 on Google. The other result matched against “test prep from OCR”.
Topsy.com -C+ : http://topsy.com/search?q=free+OCR
Notes – again, “free-ocr.com” was #1. Results otherwise similar to Google.
thisnewz.com – A : http://thisnewz.com/M/sbeta.php?qn=free+OCR&pn=&rn=20
Notes – first result was for the OCR test prep company, second result was a summary page, third result was flagged “great free online OCR” – and it was a fantastic product – www.onlineocr.net
Great stuff! Very exciting to have this be a useful product, even if it’s mostly for me right now!
