Kartoo closes its doors

A beautiful concept no more

[anallawalla]

Sometime in January 2010, the French search engine kartoo.com closed down. It showed a colourful graph of websites, their linkages and related concepts. I didn't use it much but when I did, it was a pleasure to explore.

I was looking for a site that displays backlinks visually but could not.

[Leosghost]

What is even more sad is what snapped up the dotfr..

Then as Joni said ..you dont know what you've got ..'til its gone ..

REP kartoo..

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[g1smd]

That was a very interesting application, shame.

[Robert Charlton]

Sorry to hear it's gone. As I think about it, I don't think there's been anything else comparable. It's hard for me to think of the web spacially without remembering Kartoo's imagery.

I was looking for a site that displays backlinks visually...

Yes, I always wanted that too.

[martinibuster]

Oh crud! I loved that site. TouchGraph is still around, though.