Move Over Google, It's Clusty

There's a NYT article about the next generation search engine meant to rival the very popular and publicly traded Google called Clusty. It's powered by Yahoo's Overture engine. The difference? CEO and co-founder Raul Valdes-Perez claims that while Google is an excellent tool for scouring all of the Internet for any little bit of minutiae that might relate to your search with the most popular websites listed first, Clusty will search for items that are applicable to the user's search, adding more value to the information returned. I did a test run of this by "Clustering" "Alice Bugman." The Clusty returns for "Alice Bugman" listed my weblog first, followed by Miss New York City's website, an embarassing She's So Vain page Jano thought would be fun to put up when he first started toying with his blog, Jano's site archives, and some Stanford and theatre stuff. Google returns the She's So Vain page first, followed by a some pageant and theatre stuff, BUT no weblog listed any where--not even in the extended search option. Hmmmm... so maybe Clusty is better for online stalking... It's in Beta testing right now so give it a run and see what you like.

Meanwhile, people on craigslist: new york are trying to sell, swap, barter, and request some really sick shite for their Gmail Invites. These accounts are pretty hot commodoties apparently. I've got a few invites left, but believe me, it is still in testing phase as I learned trying to change the status of a SPAM mail to "NOT SPAM" and it disappeared... permanently! I emailed them about it, but they have ignored me. I had to have my friend re-send the e-mail. *grumble*