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Not terribly promising for Teoma. Although, they really have nowhere to go but up.
Give it time to build up it's database.
They claim that they are different than Google in thier algo. Read their online documentation. They go into a description of their methods that are a perfect description of how Google has worked for over two years! Their analysis of Google is off the mark based on a 6year old document.
That same misconception is being reported as some new fangled break through. (google's, been there - done that). There is nothing new here for indexing and search matching methods that I can see.
Second, I find the hype around Teoma to be quite unfair to WiseNut. Frankly, Wisenut is 10 fold the db size, has extremely accurate results, and goes one better than most engines with it's WiseGuide results on the right.
Although I'm not fond of WiseNuts decision to use a winders front end. It just wasn't a "wise" choice. They just can't scale, aren't stable, and redefine insecurity. Only Hotbot uses a windows front end. They can lay claim to the historical footnote of being offline more than the rest of the search engines combined. I think they probably set some sort of offline record in 98. Hopefuly, WiseNut will see the light and get on a more se friendly os.
I hope Teoma can find some funding and that both of these engines can make a go of it.
On a DB level they win and their WISEguide is far superior to the similar search groupings on Teoma. (more results, far better (on-topic) groupings)
If I had to lay money on one of them it would be WiseNut but I agree that any exposure the two engines get should be encouraged.
Whisper it quietly but I'm using WISEnut over Google now almost exclusively because of the guide groupings which make searching a whole lot easier.
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If Teoma can bring half as much traffic as Google brings and can update just as fast as Google then I'll be impressed. Nothing excites me more the engines like FAST and Google....Quick to spider...Quick to index.....These 2 factors make the sport of SEO much more exciting...
