Comments on: Two cool search start-ups: Wowd and Yebol

With Wowd, your computer is part of the data center; Yebol, meanwhile, makes semantic search interesting.

[timcoyote]

Disappointing that I can't actually l get in and try either of these.

[discern]

Got a spelling checker, Mr Needleman?

[NoahLieske]

Great news, thanks for the update. Noah Lieske

[codynews]

More "me too!" search engines. Lame.

And damn, we really are running out of names aren't we. "wowd"? "Yebol"? pfft.

Cody

[rafe]

I don't get this comment. What's "me too" about either of these products? When Google launched, we had Yahoo, we had Alta Vista. Who needed Google? As it turns out, it was *better*.

What's so horribly wrong with innovation, with trying to compete?

[manojlds]

Try semote.com as well ;) Another semantic search engine I suppose.

[Hunnter2k3]

Wowd sounds like a nice idea, a decentralized search engine is always a good thing. (as long as there are many people using it, that is)

I shall be watching this one pretty closely. (and i bet Google probably will too)

[DanielleDuBois]

What about www.sweetsearch.com? It's Google powered, yet filters out link spam. Why fix something that isn't completely broken?

[monkeyfun14]

If that was the case why have more then one car manufacturer? Why use light bulbs when oil works.

Why fix something that isn't broken doesn't work in real life.

[lonestarState]

How about the new SearchClash.com API which allows you to make your own cool search such as TwBling. Twitter/ Bing news search http://buildasearch.com/sample/ It is all about innovation and letting the people make custom search related content. Do like the concept behind "Wowd".

[lonestarState]

What is the point of covering new sites and talking about features, if you need a freaking invite. It is like talking about a party and giving all the cool details, and then saying "sorry you are not invited"... News.com is ridiculous.

[erinlyre]

Oh for god?s sake! Wowd??? If they couldn?t search for a better name, how on earth can they search for anything else?
Guys, check out the cool stuff at aafter.com. Their toolbar is amazingly lightweight and they offer you a host of cashback offers too! I got a very efficient people search option and even homework help! No need for artificial wows on this one!

[foreyk]

Why people commented about spell check ?. Although have a good writing grammar is important; it's really annoy to put someone in the spot in front of everyone. Be a professional about it and send an email or a personal comment like that directly, not to eyes of the world!

Regarding this news; competition is alway good..Alway encourage, push, force developer for new ideas come to live otherwise we will have a round rock for wheels. Can you imagine your car with one of those?

[deepwebtech]

Just to add to the "me too" comments ... My company (http://www.deepwebtech.com/) has been offering "federated search" platforms for quite a few years. They represent an outstanding search option for professional researchers, like doctors, attorneys, scientists, etc. Some public examples include http://www.mednar.com/, http://www.scienceresearch.com/, http://www.science.gov/ and http://www.scitopia.org/.

Cheers. Larry.