Well search hasn't changed much over the last 10 years. I think the only thing that has really advanced was advertising. Then again I don't see that as being a bad thing, the guys that own the engine have to pay their bills.
Now we have Viewzi which is a visual search portal. Not an engine in it's own right they simply combine results from the Big 4 of the search engine world (well I don't count AOL, so this agrees with my thoughts). Results are provided from Ask.com, Google, MSN and Yahoo!. Thankfully this does also give you the option of refining that a little further by removing up to 3 of those, basically leaving you with the engine of your choice as sole provider.
While I think this is a great idea I don't think that their application is quite there yet. It takes an age to bring up a thumbnail, even if there isn't one. It is also not entirely clear on how to search. With a whole load of options at the top, which one do you use?
Okay, so I hear a whole crowd shout, "But it's still in beta!" Yeah, that's why I'm pointing out these issues now!
If you are looking for a visual search I would still recommend: SearchMeNow if these two combined... the usability of SearchMe with the results from viewzi we are onto something great!
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hi, if you are into visual search try face search it targets another niche (people search) and it utilizes Goolge in the backend.
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