Searchzooka. is a very clever search engine which is providing a solution to the problem of running complex searches across various search engines. As you know, if you're using a multisearch engine you're limited to basic search functions such as phrase, and excluding terms, since more complex searches using different syntax according to the engine.
What Searchzooka does is allows you to create your search using a variety of different functions - all words, phrase, OR, specific sites, TLDs, country, exclusion, relevance/newest, terms in the title, url, dates, filters, file types and finally language. Once you're happy wth your search you can create it, and then run it across Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask, digg, technorati or Delicious. The search isn't run automatically - it's up to the searcher to decide when engine(s) to use. The search can then be saved to a folder, with a recovery key so that you can come back to it again in the future.
This is a very neat, clever solution to a painful problem that serious searchers have been struggling with for years. It is limited of course - it's just for webpages and basic file types rather than news or image searches for example, but it's not something I'm going to complain about. If you're really into search I'd recommend taking a look at this.
What Searchzooka does is allows you to create your search using a variety of different functions - all words, phrase, OR, specific sites, TLDs, country, exclusion, relevance/newest, terms in the title, url, dates, filters, file types and finally language. Once you're happy wth your search you can create it, and then run it across Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask, digg, technorati or Delicious. The search isn't run automatically - it's up to the searcher to decide when engine(s) to use. The search can then be saved to a folder, with a recovery key so that you can come back to it again in the future.
This is a very neat, clever solution to a painful problem that serious searchers have been struggling with for years. It is limited of course - it's just for webpages and basic file types rather than news or image searches for example, but it's not something I'm going to complain about. If you're really into search I'd recommend taking a look at this.
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