Blinkx new version includes Smart Folders & P2P.

If you haven't taken a look at Blinkx as a desktop search alternative, maybe you should. They just came out with version 2.0 and it has some nice features and methodology that no one else in search has. Blinkx 2.0 has included Smart Folders which update information automatically centered around a idea or concept rather than just a keyword. This can be a great timesaver as doing search can take up hours of time just to find what you're looking for. With an automated find in a Smart Folder, you could have the information there when you want it without all the heavy lifting of searching and sifting results. Here's a paragraph of how they work from the Blinkx website:

Smart folders are created when a user right-clicks on a normal folder. This creates a desktop smart folder that then implicitly, persistently and automatically populates similar documents from your PC, news articles from the Web, TV, radio or video clips. In fact, anything from anywhere you specify can be added to a smart folder. Alternatively, users can explicitly create a smart folder by typing in a keyword, phrase or clicking on the document you are currently reading or writing. Similar information will then be added to the smart folder automatically as soon as it appears.

I think this is really cool and will simplify search for many people like me. I have to wade through a lot of information to find relevant content that might be useful to readers, so this is helpful and automates the process.

One thing I thought was odd about the new version was the inclusion of peer to peer networking. This was made famous by companies like Morpheus and are notorious for file sharing copyrighted material. Blinkx claims that the P2P tools are for copyrighted content only, but that will surely be abused. Maybe they know that if the P2P adopters like it, that will help speed the popularity of Blinkx in general. That could be a smart move for market penetration.

Blinkx has a different way of getting search results, more automated and more complete including aspects of desktop search and indexing I've not mentioned here. I'm going to try this new version, but the last time I tried Blinkx, it didn't work on my PC. Maybe there are some bug fixes that are a part of this version too. I love the concept of Blinkx and of any Google competitor out there, this one makes the most sense for a complete new search solution.

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