Search Crystal Example: Cthulhoid
By Giania • Jun 28th, 2007 at 5:16 pm • Category: Internet Tools, Internet Toys, media| Hot: |  |  | | | |
Ever wanted a quick visual representation of a particular set of search options from multiple engines? Search Crystal has you covered. It provides 3 different ways to view search results: clustered, spiraled, and listed. It will show you which engines pull up which results, too. So if Google and MSN are showing the same results, it will show you the difference in ranking. (Note: I have no idea at this time what they base their “rankings” on.)
I can picture this being not only a good tool for things like media seach, but also for SEOs to do a sort of litmus test for certain day-trader type terms on the fly.
As an example I have chosen the always interesting topic of Cthulhu! (It ~is~ Cthulhu Cthursday afterall.)
Thank you for embedding a crystal on your blog.
To answer your comment “I have no idea at this time what they base their “rankings” on,” the rankings are a direct reflection of the individual rankings of the engines. The results are compared based on their actual URLs. The results found by the same number of engines are mapped into the same circular ring. The position within the ring depends on the average of the rank position in the lists that contain the result. The higher up, the closer toward the center. So if an image is found by all five engines and is the #1 result for all engines (from a SEO point of view, the perfect outcome), then it will be placed in the very center. Hope this explanation helps.
Your comment that searchCrystal is not only a search tool, but can be used for SEO, is spot on.