The idea behind Jux2
As search aficionados, we have watched recent changes in the search industry with great interest. Yahoo! launched its own search algorithm in February 2004. MSN previewed its proprietary search algorithm in July 2004, and is expected to roll it out soon. That will give Internet searchers a choice of four different major search algorithms (Ask Jeeves, Google, MSN, and Yahoo). It also made us wonder: how different are the search engines, and is one any better than the others?
We created jux2 as a comparative research tool to answer these questions. Using jux2, we learned that search engines are more different than people think, typically sharing fewer than 3.5 of their top 10 results (see the other statistical data). We also found that a comparative tool like jux2 gives users far more control over their searches and, in many cases, better search results than from any single search engine.
Our hope is that the community of advanced search users finds jux2 an interesting and useful tool. Try it out, and let us know what you think.
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May 22nd, 2006 at 2:27 pm
Jux2 has just raised the bar for metasearch engines!
I’ve been in the search and semantics business for nearly a decade now, and Jux2’s ability to showcase the vast differences between the search engine algorithms is wonderful.
Recently, certain search engines have gained much more popularity than others. But by using Jux2 one can easily see that depending on what you’re searching for and how you are searching, each of them have their advantages. Moreover, this should encourage more parity between the engines, which in the long run should be better for all Internet users going forward.
I encourage anyone that hasn’t used Jux2 to give it a try, as I’m sure you’ll find it quite remarkable over time.
June 5th, 2006 at 10:07 am
I just came accross Jux2 and I must say that it is very fast and works very well for US based content.
Because I’m a european, what I would like is, that Jux2 allows to narrow results to a specific country and language.
Your screen design is very nice because it’s clear and simple - that’s all what the searchers need - and I say that even you could consider me a competitor, because I run a european meta-search engine called eTools.ch.
Keep up that good work!
July 21st, 2008 at 5:23 am
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