Quintura: Visual Cloud Search Engine

http://www.quintura.com/

Quintura takes searching to a new level...up in the clouds. It employs the new cloud technology to provide a more visual search, and also lets you see not just the usual search results, but also any images or videos that are in the selected websites. The images are useful if you need some quick visuals for PowerPoint presentations etc.

It also has an Amazon tab which shows you books available on the subject.

For second language learners, the clouds help them find the exact information they need if they have difficulty determining effective key words, and the visualization helps them to check that what they have found is what they were indeed searching.

Visual Find Engine

"Visualization becomes the center of user experience replacing antiquated listings and Boolean strings.
While viewing the Quintura Cloud, you can visually navigate and easily refine in order to find relevant information faster and more efficiently!"

Web Directory and Search Engine: Search Turtle

URL: http://www.searchturtle.com/

Type: Web Directory & Search Engine

Info: The Search Turtle Web Directory is an original website directory offering links to websites that have passed very demanding submission guidelines.

Special Features:

• Web Portal


• Websites with meaningful content


• Rigorous standards for inclusion


• Top quality and spam-free websites


• Human edited


• Updated daily

Review: Turtle uses 16 main categories with several subcategories under each to refine the search process. Since there are high standards for including websites, this is an excellent source of information. There is also an advanced search site that will let you specify the number of results you wish and then lets you search by keywords, phrase, AND connectors and OR connectors.

Uses: I used this site to find shopping information to purchase a new TV, some freeware photos for a project, information on Colleges and Universities and to research auto safety information.

Rating: @@@@

Reviewed by: J. Sotir