The Big G comes up whenever online search is discuessed and every other release is compared to it. What works for the masses might not work for all. Google has always been trying to innovate the ’search’ with new betas coming out from GoogleLab just too often. But, recently there are a few search engines which are trying to push the search dimensions further than where Google has already reached. While Microsoft’s Bing is adding decision making to your search, the newly launched Collecta gives you ‘real time search’.
The data on the web is enormous and just keeps updating every millisecond. The Internet users are also developing a need to have these updates in their search as and when it is added. Google can provide you the search results from various websites very efficiently, but Collecta tracks the latest information about your search query through blogs and social networking websites.
Collecta’s real time search results are fetched from wordpress blogs, news results come from Fox, CNN and Reuters, social network buzz via Flickr, Mixx and Twitter. "There's a lot more velocity in the creation of news and content today, ” says Collecta CEO Gerry Campbell who believes that real time search would allow users to track their latest news, sports events and latest comments on political, social, cultural and all such issues including the product reviews and news. "The world needs a real-time search engine." He adds.
While the services like Twitter already has an inbuilt search, its not believed to be much real-time. With realtime search results from various sources, Collecta may just click for the new age internet users. Collecta already has a few competitors, some of whom are from big names that can intimidate Collecta. Many real-time search engines focused on Twitter have already hit the Internet market. Facebook is already testing a new search for its service. Lately, it speculations have also hit the online market that Google is working on a microblog search service with its expressed interest in a search deal with Twitter. Then there is FriendFeed, which updates comments from various feeds as and when they are posted.
While using the Collecta looks quite user friendly. Collecta gives real time search results and keeps updating them as they are posted. A preview screen on the right ensures that you don’t have to go to the result page to get the information. There is a pause button to stop the search if you feel bombarded with too many search results. The search options let you include and exclude stories, comments, updates and photos.
While the real-time search may appeal to a many in the beginning, few added features of the conventional search may give it a Go! Would you try Collecta for up-to-second search results? Or would you just prefer Google for your searches and Twitter’s search for the social updates? Let us know in the comments.
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