Quickly Move from Search Tool to Search Tool with Intelways (Formerly CrossEngine & MrSapo)
Having the best name possible for your site or service is so important. Let's review this point by reviewing three name changes (in about 3 years) at a useful web research tool?
+ First, in 2004, their was MrSapo, a site that allowed users to quickly move around and search various databases organized by categories. The service was developed and maintained by Juan Sosa. Note that the page is copyright Intelways.
+ Second, in early 2007, MrSapo changed it's name to CrossEngine. This SEL report documents the change.
During this time, the site was constantly under construction with new looks and new search tools being added.
Now, the name has changed again to IntelWays (the name of it's parent company).
Search Tools are Listed in 11 Categories:
+ General (Ask, Google, Exalead, Live, Yahoo, etc.)
+ Images
+ Video (A Few Suggestions for New Entries Here)
+ News
+ Social
+ Files
+ Reference
+ Academic (These posts 1 ||| 2 list a few more that deserve a place)
+ Business
+ Tech
+ Shopping
Btw, also note the box in the upper right hand corner to have results pages open in a new browser window and icons for the most popular engines now remain constant on the interface. Look for the icons directly to the right of the search box.
We've become regularly users of Intelways. It can not only make comparison searching and web search training easier but it also is useful to learn about new specialty tools. Kudos to the Intelways team and keep up the good work.
Update: It's important to remember that Intelways is NOT a meta or federated search engine where results from disparate databases are merged together into one results list. Vivisimo's Bio-Meta Cluster would be an example of meta/federated search tool.
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