Clusty.com - a new search engine based on clustering.

Here's yet another new search engine, Clusty.com, this time based on a clustering technology. After trying it I'm still not sure what clustersing is other than more choices related to your search. The results looked good and relevant but is it any better than anything else out there? Whenever these new search engines come out, they are portrayed by the press as Google Killers or Yahoo Stompers. Nothing could be further from the truth. There is much more to getting to be a contending search engine than results. Ask AskJeeves, they have very relevant results, but people aren't percieving them as much better than the majors right now. Therein lies the problem for all these search engines coming out in this time of flux. If they don't have technology that greatly increases a person's ability to find what they want, they will stay with what they've been using, thank you very much. What's true with laundry soap is true of search engines. There must be a significant reason to switch from what you use now.

I'm not saying that Clusty has bad results. They're good, but they're not that much different than anyone else search result. If you were doing research or looking for a broader idea of what you might be looking for, then this search engine would fit the bill, but so would a lot of others. Google has nothing to worry about at this time. Here's another article about Clusty and another from the New York Times.

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