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Review: Search-engine searcher delivers the goods
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(IDG) -- I have a love/hate relationship with search engines, though it's skewed more towards hate recently. Most just don't work very well, primarily because their original mission -- finding links to relevant information -- has been supplanted by selling stuff.
But I think I've found a workable alternative: search-engine searchers (for more about search engines, see "How to stop searching and start finding," link below) My search tool of choice is Intelliseek's BullsEye 2, version 2.5. Originally for professional researchers, BullsEye 2 is simple to use and incredibly fast and accurate -- it sweeps through more than 800 search engines and sources to find answers.
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Searching is a breeze. Type keywords into a box, wait seconds (your Internet connection matters here), and, voila, up comes a list, sorted by relevance. Click an entry you like, and the interface transforms into a browser that displays the Web page found. If you like the find, just Save, and refer to it at will.
My complaints about BullsEye 2 stem from the program's behavior once you open up a page in its browser. First, the results list disappears. To recover it, you must click on a Layout button -- this gets annoying.
Also, it's difficult to understand how to do a new search once you're in the browser area. You must click open a button labeled Refine, then check a radio button for either Web searching or searching within results. BullsEye 2 is free, as it's supported by advertising. But, with the payoff possible from this software and at this price, who cares?
Product information: Intelliseek BullsEye 2
Pro: Very powerful search abilities.
Con: Confusing interface elements.
Value: Strong tool to use for fast Web research.
Price: Free.
Link: Intelliseek Inc.
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