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| InfoSpace Release Re-designed Search Comparison Tool The Search Comparison Tool that drives its results from WebFetch.com for the EU and UK compares search engine results from Ask, Google, MSN and Yahoo! from a microsite that allows searches to be undertaken and then compared. By bringing search results together in one resource, InfoSpace illustrates how WebFetch.com delivers the most relevant results on the Web. The new design and improvements take the user through a Flash demonstration and allows them to make real-time searches displaying the results that have been returned by each search engine. The tool shows how many results appear on the first page of that search engine, how many results are completely unique to that search engine and then moves onto the next search engine to do the same. Once the tool has returned results back from all of the search engines, it then shows the Web’s top results (using green buttons) and WebFetch.com’s top results (using orange buttons). By hovering over the green and orange buttons the user is able to see the origin of each search result and if desired enables them clickthrough to see those results in that search engine. There is also a blue button with a down arrow that may be clicked on to allow the user to switch the results of the engines so that they can see alternative views of the results and overlaps. The Webfetch.com Search Comparison tool can be added to Websites and Blogs from WebFetch.com for free by simply adding a small HTML code into their Webpages. In addition to this there is a viral element to the tool that allows the user to send an invite to a friend to experience the benefits of metasearch and try the service. The address ishttp://comparesearchengines.webfetch.com/blog.aspx Author: Rachel Hawkes, Account Director, Elemental Communications write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Computing News :: home page |