Comments on: Sputtr.com: an exercise in search form usability

By: KCorax

KCorax — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:35:10 +0000

Hm, their IP is on domaincontrol.com . You know what ? I think this is a next gen search that will populate occupied domains to make them appear as legitimate businesses, kinda like what metacrawler devolved into.

And oh my I think you missed a 200$ bounty. That was a one time, not per blogger. http://rurl.org/8ne oh so cheap.

?????????? !

By: Sugar

Sugar — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:16:01 +0000

@Kcorax: See my point? This engine defies every conceptual model for search engines – everyone seems to have another theory on the use of these buttons.

And you’re right, no way to combine the results sucks.

By: KCorax

KCorax — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:27:56 +0000

I generally think that it’s ok when tools for pros have a learning curve. For example google scholar and the likes all have their own bizzare markup for limiting your results
No wait, I just saw the engine. It’s not good. It’s not good at all. I thought the buttons bellow are switches for bringing in customized results. Oh and there is no way to combine them.
Oh that’s sad.
Ok, it’s not that bad once you learn it. 60” at most I guess.
But it doesn’t let you combine results, that’s dumb.

By: Sugar

Sugar — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:11:20 +0000

@John: Amen to that.

@porcupine: The thing is, why would anyone *need* supporting text in a simple search engine? It’s not that you’re about to use a complex CRM system or anything…

By: porcupine

porcupine — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:28:03 +0000

They could make everything easier if they added just a line of helping text underneath the searchbox or anywhere.

I never really used such search engines so the question is “is it really useful”?

By: John Tsevdos

John Tsevdos — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:24:39 +0000

That’s why I never change Google. Easy ‘n simple!!!