A SEARCH ENGINE GOES BEYOND GOOGLE
The new iLOR Web site improves searches conducted using Google, widely
considered to be the best mainstream Internet search engine available. The
site is not a separate search engine--in
fact, it has licensed its search technology from Google.
Instead, iLOR provides users with tools to make navigating search results
much easier. After entering a keyword, iLOR users can position the cursor
over the link for each result. Doing
so brings up a box that provides several options. One, "put in my list,"
allows users to save useful links or e-mail them to other users. The
"anchor here" option creates a link to the
search results page. No matter how far into a Web site users then
investigate, they can always return to the search results page simply by
selecting that link, eliminating the frustration
of pressing the Web browser's back button multiple times.
College librarians and other critics of search engines have given iLOR
positive reviews. Search Engine Watch editor Danny Sullivan wondered why
Google itself has not incorporated iLOR's
tools.
(New York Times, 17 May 2001)
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