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If the 1990s could be considered the Information Age, then the 200s could be considered the Uber-Information Age. Even as long as four or five years ago, the Internet was still relatively static– this was before blogging became a hot commodity, before social media and networking took off– today’s Internet is a giant, a rapidly-morphing, ever-changing giant. Search engines have largely bypassed and ignored the constant stream of “real time” data: opinion forums, blogs, conversations, social media, and communities.
Ah, but the times, they are a-changing.
I’ve been watching a newer search engine company, Leapfish, take the initiative with “real time” search data, or, as Leapfish calls it, “The Living Web.” They’ve done a remarkable job with a video showcasing the enormous growth of the Internet and therefore the great need for a search engine featuring real-time data. And Google has caught on, too– Google just recently announced their newest product, “Real-Time Search Live Now.” It’s a kind of running commentary displaying the latest buzz on your search. It’s veyr fascinating and a bit overwhelming! There is just so much information out there.
I’m liking the changes toward real-time search data. I do a lot of searches for reviews or for technical problems, and it’s frustrating coming up with Wikipedia or some archived web page that has nothing to do with my search. The Internet is too vast, too large to ignore, and the time has come to incorporate live, real-time data to the search engine ranks. Social media has really changed things. Hold on to your hats, it’s going to get very busy!
I’ve been checking out a new search engine, called LeapFish. It’s really neat! There’s a very helpful video to show you how it works.
LeapFish is called a multi-dimensional search engine because it harnesses all kinds of media data for search results. For example, let’s say you do a search on “online games” (my son came up with that, lol), Leapfish delivers not just text results, but shopping results, video results, images results, blogs results, and loads more! It’s pretty amazing. And the folks who put it together did a good job (and have a great sense of humor. I love the “Its OK, you’re not cheating on Google” in the search address window, lol).
LeapFish also doesn’t require you to type in the entire search phrase and hit “Go” or “Enter” like the others. LeapFish is very intuitive. I had just typed “online” before a string of suggestions popped up, and the first suggestion was “online games.” The search is VERY FAST, incredibly fast.
I love LeapFish. I intend on using it more, especially because I do a lot of news and image searches, and LeapFish makes it fast and easy. They draw from the top search engine sites (Google, Yahoo, etc) so there’s a lot of variety and results. Check it out, I highly recommend it!
Here’s another cool search engine that’s rising to the top:LeapFish. It’s a funny name, and we’ll see how it does. If anything, I am THRILLED that Google has some competition!
LeapFish is considered a “multi-dimensional” search engine that gives results not only in text (as you-know-who does), but also shows results for video, images, shopping, and Yahoo answers on the side. LOVE IT! And as always, I did a search for ME (“new york traveler”) to see if the correct results come in. And yes, there I am, Number One for “New York Traveler.” COOL! LeapFish will spit out your search terms something like an auto-complete feature– it’s very fast and intuitive.
Here’s a nice video tutorial that gives you a taste of what to find.
LeapFish combines the efforts of search engine giants Google, Yahoo, and MSN to give a good variety and as accurate a picture as possible. LeapFish will most likely become my search engine of choice. I do love the images/video/shopping features on the side. It really helps to eliminate a ton of clicking for results, and LeapFish seems to be very accurate and extremely speedy. Give it a try. And check out the LeapFish Blog if you are a search engine junkie.
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