Cluster Searching

There's a different type of search engine out there attempting to make it easier to lock in on your real subject. It's kind of a cross between a keyword search and a subject index search engine. It's called clustering. Clusty (in Beta) is such a site. Your looking for information about software that will help you create an online photo album. With a keyword search you have to type enter what you're looking for, what you're not looking for, and any additional keywords that will help narrow things down. With a subject index search you look through a list of broad categories and then get narrower and narrower choices until you find what your looking for. Clusty allows you to enter the major focus of your search and then it looks at these hits and creates a subject index that allows you to key in very quickly to your exact topic with a minimal of syntax or continuously narrowing menu choices. Clusty is currently in beta from Vivisimo.