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KartOO

Visual meta search engine

http://www.kartoo.com/


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Type: Search Engine
Status: Public
Source: KartOO Technologies
Difficulty: Easy
Compatibility: Requires FlashPlayer
Language: English
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KartOO is a metasearch engine with visual display interfaces. When you click on OK, KartOO launches the query to a set of search engines, gathers the results, compiles them and represents them in a series of interactive maps through a proprietary algorithm. The map shows the found sites and represents them by more or less important size pages, depending on their relevance. When you move the pointer over these pages, the concerned keywords are illuminated and a brief description of the site appears on the left side of the screen.


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Tommaso Venturini    1 Jun 2008    05:45
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Nice for exploring an issue, but not very useful for visualising it: the maps are visually and informatively poor.

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