Catalog Of Top Visual Search Engines

Top Visual Search Engines

Visual search engines are generally web-based tools just like Google and they require no extra software or plugin to be installed. You can just type a keyword and start diving inside their visual result pages: select a visualization type, re-arrange your results, sort them by date, relevance, or by other possible parameters.

Top Visual Search Engines Comparison Table

Visual Search Engines

1. Grokker

Grokker is a web-based search engine that allows you to explore your results in a visual fashion. Your results are displayed both in a standard outline and in a dynamic map you can interact with. Grokker takes advantage of Yahoo!, Wikipedia, and Amazon Books search engines to perform its queries. Results can be sorted by date, source, domain and refined selecting (or excluding) specific related keywords. Grokker is also available as a software for enterprise use.

http://www.grokker.com/

2. KartOO

KartOO is a web-based visual search engine that can search the Web, images, videos and Wikipedia entries. Using Google, and Yahoo! search engines KartOO allows you to create a visual map where related results are linked between them. You can save and print your map, filter results using a parental filter, and filter your SERPs by language.

http://www.kartoo.com/

3. Viewzi

Viewzi is a powerful visual search engine that provides many different possibilities to display your results. Using Yahoo!, Google and Viddler, you can search the Web, images and videos. SERPs can be arranged in stacks, along a Google timeline, for individual site information, using simple text, showing a photo tag cloud, and more. Results can be also customized as you can star or hide sites you care / don't care about. A parental filter is also available.

http://www.viewzi.com/

4. Searchme

Searchme is a web-based search engine that allows you to explore SERPs in a visual fashion. Searchme displays results in a dynamic carousel stack you can navigate back and forth. Searches are performed in multiple categories like videos, images, advertising, shopping, sport,, entertainment, news, and more. Other features include a parental filter, the possibility to play media right inside Searchme, and the sharing of your results via Twitter.

http://www.searchme.com/

5. Quintura

Quintura is a web-based search engine that allows you to explore results visually. Quintura can search the Web, images and Blinkx. Results are displayed in a customizable tag cloud, and a classic organic outline. The tag cloud with your results can be also embedded and shared with others via e-mail.

http://www.quintura.com/

6. Ujiko

Ujiko is a visual search engine you can use to display and explore your search results visually. Completely web-based, Ujiko allows you to scout the Web and arrange your results in a radial outline. Available in English, German and French.

http://www.ujiko.com/

7. Search-cube

Search-cube is a search engine that instead displaying your results in a classic organic style, creates a 3D cube made up of visual previews. Web-based and very easy to use, Search-cube allows you to search for sites, images, and videos.

http://www.search-cube.com/

8. Middlespot

Middlespot is a visual search engine that lets you explore the results of your searches in a visual fashion. Sources available for search are: Web, Images, News, Amazon and Twitter. Middlespots allows you to create as many workpads as the search terms you want to explore. Results will be displayed inside a gallery where you can zoom and re-arrange elements.

http://middlespot.com/

9. oSkope

oSkope is a visual search engine. Using oSkope you can visually display and explore search results for specific keywords right inside your browser window. Results from Amazon, eBay, Flickr, Fotolia, Yahoo! and YouTube can be explored in different visualizations styles like: grid, stack, pile, graph and list.

http://oskope.com/

10. Nexplore

Nexplore allows you to browse your search results in a visual fashion. Nexplore performs searches on the Web, news, videos, images, blogs and podcasts. The web-based service shows also related Wikipedia definitions for your searched keywords. Results can be displayed in three ways: summary, line, gallery, and can be shared on the Internet.

http://www.nexplore.com/

11. eyePlorer

eyePlorer is not a proper visual search engine, because you cannot search for any words or phrase you like. The service rather provides you with a visual representation for common, popular facts and suggest connections with other related facts and sources. All results displayed inside a colored wheel can be arranged onto a virtual notepad for later reading and sorted for relevance.

http://www.eyeplorer.com/

12. Ziipa

Ziipa is a web-based visual search engine for Web 2.0 web designs and applications. Unlike other competitors in this field, Ziipa does not search images, videos, or other media content. Results are showed by a gallery and a tag cloud and can be shared and syndicated via RSS.

http://www.ziipa.com/

13. RedZee

RedZee is a visual search engine that shows search results in a visual fashion, displaying a carousel you can navigate back and forth right inside your browser window. No media content can be searched via RedZee.

http://www.redzee.com/

14. Liveplasma

Liveplasma is a visual search engine to explore music and movies. By searching for a keyword related to these two topics, the service will suggest other potential related interests and arrange them in bubbles, linked between them. All without leaving your browser. You can also refine your map by searching for specific topics like directors, actors, or a particular discography. The map with your results can also be shared on the Web.

http://www.liveplasma.com/

15. TouchGraph Google Browser

TouchGraph Google Browser is a visual search engine that displays the connections between web sites using Google technology and visualizing the results in an interactive and customizable map. Results can be filtered and re-arranged around the map. You need to have at least Java 1.5 installed on your machine for TouchGraph Google Browser to work.

http://www.touchgraph.com/TGGoogleBrowser.html

16. Cooliris

Cooliris is a browser extension for Firefox (all platforms), IE (Windows), and Safari (Mac and Windows) that allows you to explore SERPs in a visual fashion. Once started, Cooliris goes fullscreen creating a dynamic 3D wall you can navigate back and forth. You can search for different content among the Web, news, blogs, images, and videos. Results can also be enlarged, shared via e-mail and, being media, played right inside the application.

http://www.cooliris.com/

Visual Search Engines

Kartoo

Quintura

Liveplasma

Grokker

Searchme

Search-Cube

Middlespot

WebBrain

Oskope

Viewzi

Ziipa

Nexplore

Eyeplorer

Ujiko

Redzee

TouchGraph Google Browser


.		Technology Type	Visualization Type	Content Sources	Search Options
.	Grokker	Web-based, Enterprise software	Outline, Map	Yahoo!, Wikipedia, Amazon Books	Sort by source, sort by domain, sort by date, search or exclude specific keywords,
.	KartOO	Web-based	Map	Google, Yahoo!, Wikipedia	save map, print results, filter by language, parental filter
.	Viewzi	Web-based	Power grid, Web screenshot, Simple text, Google timeline, Videos, Site information, Photos, Photo tag cloud	Google, Yahoo, Viddler	Hide / Star results, Parental filter
.	Searchme	Web-based	Carousel	Search engines, Advertising & marketing, Web development, Software, Video, Radio, Libraries, Blogs, Companies, Shopping	Media autoplay, Share via Twitter, Parental filter
.	Quintura	Web-based	Outline, Tag cloud	Web, Images, Blinkx	Customize, embed and share tag cloud
.	Ujiko	Web-based	Radial categories	Web	N/A
.	Search-cube	Web-based	3D cube	Web, Images, Videos	N/A
.	Middlespot	Web-based	Gallery	Web, Images, News, Amazon, Twitter	Create many workpads
.	oSkope	Web-based	Grid, Stack, Pile, Graph, List	Amazon, eBay, Flickr, Fotolia, Yahoo!, YouTube	N/A
.	Nexplore	Web-based	Summary, Gallery, Line	Web, News, Videos, Images, Blogs, Podcast	Share results, Show Wikipedia related definitions
.	eyePlorer	Web-based	Radial categories	Web	Toggle relevance, Notepad to remember "facts"
.	Ziipa	Web-based	Gallery, Tag cloud	Web	Share results, RSS
.	RedZee	Web-based	Carousel	Web	N/A
.	Liveplasma	Web-based	Map	Music, Movies	Share map, Search discography, Search for actors, directors
.	TouchGraph Google Browser	Web-based	Map	Web	Filter results, Customize map
.	Cooliris	Web-based	3D Wall	Web, Videos, Photos, News, Blogs	Share results, customize 3D wall rendering


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