OK, now here is something new: A search engine that displays things for you in a visual sense. As most people in the Web game know, visual search is still very much in its infancy. But with the developments being discussed below, this could be changing sooner rather than later.

San Francisco, California - (The Hosting News) - March 15, 2006 - Producer of visual search applications, Groxis, and content aggregator, EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) have teamed up to deliver a visual search feature as part of EBSCOhost.

EBSCOhost is a database platform for corporations, hospitals, schools, government agencies, universities, libraries and other institutions. Through the newly established partnership, EBSCO becomes the first major content aggregator to implement visualization technology into the aggregated database search experience.

EBSCO provides nearly 200 research databases, which serve tens of thousands of institutions representing millions of end users - each with individual needs. With Grokker visual search fully integrated into the company’s content delivery service, EBSCO provides a complement to the basic and advanced search functions of EBSCOhost.

The Grokker visual search feature on EBSCOhost organizes hundreds of search results from a single query into an intuitive, easy to navigate content map. The user can then dynamically filter results by keyword, publication date and full text, to pinpoint specific articles and records without having to reframe the query. Source: Submit Express

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