Comments on: Search Crystal: New Search Engine

By: Wes Mahler

Wes Mahler — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:36:31 +0000

lol that just looks cool

By: Brown Baron

Brown Baron — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:45:02 +0000

If they improve on the interface and loading speed, it would probably be more popular

By: Grace

Grace — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:34:02 +0000

I was all set to try it out until I got to the part where you mentioned the loading speed needs improvement. Maybe in the future.

By: Brown Baron

Brown Baron — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:39:25 +0000

@Grace:
Hehe waiting for them to improve the loading speed is probably a good idea.

By: confessing7girl

confessing7girl — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:35:13 +0000

that looks absolutely fabulous!!! much more fun!! and colorful… once they get it to load faster im sure ill be a regular there!!!!!! and Baron thanks for the information !!!

By: Brown Baron

Brown Baron — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:40:21 +0000

@confessing7girl:
You’re definitely welcome

By: confessing7girl

confessing7girl — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:46:08 +0000

loving searching there im just wondering how they come up with the associations ……. i little bit too complicated for me….

By: K-IntheHouse

K-IntheHouse — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 16:47:54 +0000

Looks cool, Brown. But, a very interesting way to search. I’m sure the performance will be addressed as time goes.

By: Brown Baron

Brown Baron — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:23:06 +0000

@K:
I agree. As soon as performance improves, I’ll definitely be using it from time to time.

By: searchCrystal

searchCrystal — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:28:34 +0000

Thank you for mentioning searchCrystal. I am one of its developers
Yes, the flash load takes a few seconds … wish it was shorter, working on improving it … in terms of results display, depending of the search engines compared, the results may take a few seconds to show up: web engines are the fastest to return results, whereas blog and tagging engines are the slowest to return results. The “slowest” engine determines how quickly searchCrystal can analyze and visualize the results.
searchCrystal does not aim to replace Google etc … for us is not “either or”, but “as well as” … searchCrystal lets you see the big picture, lets you find highly relevant results (the more engines that find a result and the more highly they rank it, the better the result), see the quality of the results provided (the more agreement between the engines, the higher the quality) and can be used for SEO (where do search engines place my site for a specific query) …
In terms of the result display, you also see them in a familiar list display (click icons in the top right corner of widget).
The widget showcases some the functionality of the free full version, which lets you compare up to 500 results, add comments and share and compare saved crystals with your friends. It offers you a powerful research and competitive intelligence tool.
… This is turning into a “novel” … in short, there is “a lot under the hood” in searchCrystal, which is a new service and your feedback and suggestions on how to improve and enhance it would be greatly appreciated at feedback@searchcrystal.com. Thanks

By: Brown Baron

Brown Baron — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:04:37 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to clarify a few things. I actually like the implementation of Search Crystal. For me, it makes searching fun.

I understand that since it’s flash-based, pulling data from various search engines and organizing the results inevitably lead to a little delay. I’ll be checking it out every few days to see what’s new.

Thanks for dropping by and taking the time comment! I’ll definitely be using the feedback link if I come up with useful suggestions