Regular readers will know that I really like the Blekko search engine - with the use of slashtags it's possible to do a range of really interesting, exciting things. They've come up with a new wheeze now, which is search engine monte, and I've linked to the page for you to play: blekko | librarians /monte Here's a screenshot if you're desperate though:
Simple concept - just whack in the search you want to run, followed by a space then /monte and you'll get three columns. Choose the one you like the best and see what happens when you click:
You can of course do this for any search that you like - lots of uses that I can think of. See if you really DO think Google has the best answers, try it as an icebreaker, test results across engines and so on. This is nice and quick, but if you like the concept but not execution, try BlindSearch instead, which does the same thing.
Excellent! I usually have my first year undergrads compare search engines, but not blind. This could be going into my workshop...
Posted by: Sarah Nicholas | September 24, 2011 at 10:05 PM
Looks interesting, will keep in mind. thanks
Posted by: john | September 26, 2011 at 01:23 PM