Information Visualization
Source: The NY Times Learn About: Groxis
From the article, "...according to the Groxis designers, 84 percent of Web surfers go no further than the first page of document titles in searching for information. While that may be appropriate for some searches, other queries, like one for the phrase "exotic vacations," may leave Web sites of interest deeply buried by search engines. The popular search engine Google uses ranking techniques to sort through thousands of possible Web pages displaying what are often the most desirable pages first. In contrast, Grokker builds a visual map of the general categories into which documents fall by using what computer software designers call metadata, which describes each Web page or document. The program currently works with the Northern Light search engine, the Amazon online catalog and as a tool for scanning a user's own PC file collection. See Also: Direct to the Groxis Web Site
The Preview Release is a $99.95 Download. See Also: Antartica
A Canadian Company Doing Info Visualization Work See Also, Demo: Antartica Visualization Technology Using the PubMed Database See Also, Demo: SmartMoney's Market Map
Visualize the Stock Market! See Also, Various Info Visualization Demos (via Inxight)
Includes Best Buy catalog, AllRecipes.Com database. Visually Browse the Open Directory Project
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