Web Search-UJIKO Kartoo Launches a New Search Product: UJIKO
I haven't been a big fan of Kartoo's metasearch product, but that's just me. I know many people who do like it. Today, the company launched a crawled database product claiming four billion pages that offers many unique customization features. After some quick searches, I found UJIKO interesting and worthy of a look. Here's an overview to help with your testing of UJIKO.
+ You'll need to have FLASH installed.
+ "And" is implied between terms.
+ Company claims it is using patented technology to customize results
+ Underlying database comes from Yahoo (Thanks to JB for the info)
+ Search interface:
++ Single search box, uncluttered page
+ Result pages:
++ Sponsored links are at the top of serps (provided by Overture).
++ Right side of page includes terms to refine your query.
++ When you click on one of the results, the page is stored by UJIKO and will instantly appear in the first results next time you search.
++ There is an option to "File" results (either email results or print them).
++ There is an option to organize results into folders (Memory).
++ To do this, select the heart icon next to the result, then place in folder. You can also modify the link description by adding your own comments, removing others.
++ You can also tweak the order of results by "grading" sites you've seen. Explanation here.
++ You can remove results from the result set by clicking the garbage can icon.
++ You can build personalized filters.
+ Domain Filter
It enables you to mark or prohibit sites from a specific domain.
+ Word Description Filter
It allows you to mark or prohibit sites where the title or description includes specific words. Enter, for instance, ?free gratis? to filter all results containing those words.
+ Page Filter
It allows you to mark or prohibit some specific URLs. Enter, for example, "www.kartoo.com www.kartoo.net/flash.php3" to filter those two pages.
+ Site Filter
It makes possible marking or prohibiting all pages from a site. For example, enter "www.kartoo www.ujiko" to filter all pages beginning with those letters, especially www.kartoo.com, www.kartoo.net, www.kartoo.org/info, www.ujiko.com, etc.
+ Word URL Filter
It allows you to mark or prohibit all pages where the address includes specific sign chains -- i.e., enter ?kartoo ujiko? to filter pages such as www.kartoo.com, kartoo.com, www.ujiko.com, www.ujiko.com/kartoo.html, etc.
+ Privacy? This from the news release, "As opposed to other customization systems, all data are therefore stored on users' computer."
+ The company has plans to offer this technology to the enterprise market.
+ French and UK versions are available.
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