I have recently been trying the beta version of a search engine called Tafiti, built by Microsoft. It seems to have some particularly useful features. The name 'Tafiti' is Swahili for 'do research': the search engine is more robust than most making it a very useful platform for researchers and for anyone who needs to do multiple searches to compile what they need.
Whats makes Tafiti stand outout is its ability to 'stack' individual search results together. If you type in 'Charles Darwin' & you can see that of a result is of interest to you, you can drag it to a 'stack' and continue to search. You can drag pictures, rss feeds, maps and pretty much anything to the 'stack'. These collections of resources can then be named and the excerpts you have selected are put in an html page that can either be emailed to you or to your colleagues or it can be published to your webspace.
Search results can be further filtered so that you can see items of specific interest within a broader category. For example, within my Charles Darwin search page, I might filter for articles with the word 'Beagle'.
There is a 'carousel' which enables you to view the results by different types (pictures, web pages, feeds etc) without clicking away from your page.
Finally, the search engine has cross-browser support and your searches can be saved for later, say if you were researching from home & from work.
I believe that the search engine has been in beta form since August but it's well worth a look. It is far more dynamic than most search engiens and offers functionality without complication.
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Good words.
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