There’s an old accounting joke where an executive asks “What’s 2+2?” and the accountant answers with “What would you like it to be?”

Vivisimo announced a technology that may give people the answers they want, if the first search doesn’t present them on an obscure topic. Through their remix clustering, company CEO Raul Valdes-Perez said it works to show people more topics without overloading them with a lengthy list:

With a single click, remix clustering answers the question: What other, subtler topics are there? It works by clustering again the same search results, but with an added input: ignore the topics that the user just saw. Typically, the user will then see new major topics that didn

]]> http://www.webpronews.com/vivisimo-taps-remix-clustering-for-search-2008-01/feed 0 http://www.webpronews.com/clusty-remixes-search-2008-01 http://www.webpronews.com/clusty-remixes-search-2008-01#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:57:07 +0000 Janet Meiners http://www.webpronews.com/?p=43615 Search engine Clutsy has a new clustering technology to help you find more information related to your search.

They already have a folder of subtopics relating to your search topics. Now there is a small link near the folders with related topics that says, “remix.” Click it and you’ll see more related searches or clusters.

]]> Search engine Clutsy has a new clustering technology to help you find more information related to your search.

They already have a folder of subtopics relating to your search topics. Now there is a small link near the folders with related topics that says, “remix.” Click it and you’ll see more related searches or clusters.

It’s like the shuffle feature on your CDs. The patent-pending “remix clustering” works dynamically to exclude search results you’ve already seen. In other words, it shows you new clusters.

The company Vivisimo recently won InfoWorld’s Technology of the Year award for the best Enterprise Search solution with their Velocity 6.0 search product. This is their third year winning the award.

Remix clustering functionality is built into Velocity 6.0.

On a side note, I like Clutsy’s job search that’s built right into their search engine. Type in your city and click the jobs tab and you’ll see jobs located there – it’s powered by Indeed. That means it aggregates many different job sites. You can do the same with images, blog posts, and other kinds of searches without having to retype your query.

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