Search Siblings

February 5, 2007 · By Jens

According to a recent Wall Street Journal Article, the major search engines - Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and IAC have launched sites to test and solicit feedback about new features and functionalities.

Google (http://www.searchmash.com/) - the search page has a block with blog, video, image, and wikipedia search results.
Yahoo (http://www.alltheweb.com/) - the site’s livesearch feature will start suggesting queries and refreshing results accordingly when you start typing. A “refine search” menu allows to update settings to search only by file types (for example pdf documents).
Microsoft (http://www.msdewey.com/) - the site’s “host” Ms. Dewey talks back at you with scripted phrases based on the query. The site is attempting to create a more entertaining search experience.
IAC/Ask.com (http://www.askx.com/) - users can switch between web, image, and video search results by clicking menus above the search box. Other types of search results (news and encyclopedia results for example) appear on the right-hand side of the screen.

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