looksmart

major changes seen

[krishn]

hi friends

there are major changes seen in search results of looksmart. web pages data are now not coming from inktomi.

[angiolo]

They adfirm that results come from Wisenut.

[lazerzubb]

A lot of errors on thge page, but i guess when you have around 80 w3c validator errors i shouldn't be suprised.

IN IE yes it's wisenut for websearches.

[edited by: lazerzubb at 12:29 pm (utc) on Aug. 11, 2003]

[xcandyman]

Can't even get a searchbox!

Which website are you talking about and which version of mozilla you using? Everythings fine here.

Steve

[lazerzubb]

Firebird 0.6

[xcandyman]

I'm using the same version as you, all seems to work fine. Which trunk have you got or is it the milestone?

Maybe something wrong with your profile setup, you could try re-setting up your browser.

Steve

[chiyo]

Seems to default to the directory search, not the web search, and the fact that you are only searching the directory is not very evident in the labelling. Search the directory and the results are passable but very commercial and only marginally relevant. The web search however seems very good indeed. However i foresee very few arriving on the front page would click the web results tab before doing a search. So whatever they are using for that, it makes little difference for traffic.

[edited by: chiyo at 12:11 pm (utc) on Aug. 11, 2003]

[ptietze]

I thought I saw wisenut results on MSN search. Is MSN still using Looksmart?

[krishn]

yes msn still using looksmart ... contract end in dec 2003.