Get the Picture: Visualizing the Future of Search (07 Apr 2004)

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Get the Picture: Visualizing the Future of Search (07 Apr 2004)
In an effort to simplify the searching process and bring more meaning and context to the results, a number of search engines and tools have been developed over the last several years that present a visual map of the results, rather than a text list. By using a picture, these solutions offer a way for searchers to see the larger view of the results and get a sense of where the information fits in the context of a variety of results. While this may seem like an attractive alternative, search engines such as Yahoo! and Google are probably not going to be changing any time soon. But experts in the search engine field agree that visual searching has a place, especially in information-intensive markets such as finance, pharmaceutical, and law where information comes at a premium and where transforming ever-shifting data into actions is part of a day's work.

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