Meta-search Engine's
ProFusion
Lets you choose the three best engines based on your query, the three fastest engines, or all the engines. ProFusion Intelligent Search employs intelligent agent technology to continuously monitor and adjust to the performance of each of the search engines it uses. ProFusion analyzes incoming queries, categorizes them, and automatically picks the best search engines for the query based on adaptive confidence factors which encapsulate knowledge of the past performance of each search engine for the chosen category. ProFusion merges the search results returned by the selected search engines based on the values reported by the search engines themselves and their respective confidence factors. ProFusion continuously updates its knowledge of a search engine's quality by keeping track of which search engine provided the link that the user actually follows on the result page. Thus, the confidence factors are continuously adjusted based on implicit collaborative feedback from ProFusion users.
Savvy Search
Create your own custom metasearch site. SavvySearch is best employed as a time saving tool to assess the state of available information from a single, central, convenient access point. The power of metasearch is the time it saves you. SavvySearch collections integrate results from multiple remote sites on the fly, intelligently applying the different (and sometimes confusing) query languages on your behalf. Casual searchers may find everything they need with a single SavvySearch query. Expert searchers may appreciate a SavvySearch to quickly home in on remote engines that warrant an in-depth search. SavvySearch provides direct links to each reporting search service, allowing you to travel directly to these sources and take advantage of other advanced features they may offer. SavvySearch Structure SavvySearch sends your query to a collection of remote search engines. You can decide where you would like to direct your query by choosing a collection. If choose not to decide, your query is sent by default to a sensible selection of Internet guides or search engines that are suitable for most general queries.
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