google are not buying lok ...., page-2

And when I recieved the following reply to my post, it helps demonstrate what a "force" in search, Looksmart's Verticals, will prove to be .......

< Sighs.....Yes the internet sure is full of big numbers. I just searched on Tomato and got 53,200,000 results. >

Those 53,200,000 results were provided by the No1 search Engine, Google. And it's quite remarkable that it has so much information indexed on, the humble "Tomato" .......

I immediately wondered how many of those results needed going through to eventually find the required information, to fully satisfy a searcher's needs? Looksmart call that both "time consuming" and frankly, "exhaustive" type search.

No, Looksmart hasn't a Tomato Vertical, (but thanks to Google), they have articles on this topic listed and more defined/refined within some of their Verticals, thereby allowing "users" to "drill down" or, narrow their search enquiry, so much quicker.

It's called, "essential" type search. It's where search is heading, IMHO. Now check this out here:

http://www.google.com.au/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aoffic ial_s&hl=en&q=FindArticles+on+Tomato&meta=&btnG=Google+Search

We have now narrowed our search down to just 452,000 results and you will note how Looksmart's Verticals "segment" this topic into much more practical search results.

Wendy Boswell from About.com, (in a recent review of Looksmart), choose the topic of "cheese" for her search enquiry. (Google has 133,000,000 references, to cheese).

LookSmart Search Tips

LookSmart has a lot to offer. To show you just what I mean, we'll do a sample search for cheese.

Search results for cheese bring back many search options in LookSmart. First, obviously I have general Web results, but if I want to get deeper in the world of cheese, I can:

* see what others found with Furl: these results are what other people have Furl-ed and made available publicly.

* see what articles there are at FindArticles: not surprisingly there are quite a few articles about cheese over at FindArticles.

* LookSmart news results: find news about cheese; right now there's an article about a woman eating 26 grilled cheese sandwiches.

http://websearch.about.com/od/enginesanddirectories/a/looksmart.htm

That's great! But Wendy may not have (as yet) discovered the "joys" of a what is a simple "FindArticles in..." search term, where Google results again show how Looksmart's Verticals "narrow down" choices, even more concisely. (And only, a little over 1M results this time).

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=FindArticles+on+Cheese&btnG=Google+Searc h&meta=

For "cheese and Tomato" connesiours Looksmart's Verticals will make a lot of sense! Me? I was brought up on a more simple "toasted cheese and tomato" from 'Hec Kains' snooker room in Botany Road Mascot, many moons ago! And ............. I really haven't changed my eating habits that much, since!!

Cheers !!

:)
LC