backrubrock
01-04-2006, 10:15 AM
Omgili (http://www.omgili.com) (an acronym for "Oh My God, I Love It" ;) ) is a new search engine dedicated to online forums.
From Omgili's About page (http://www.omgili.com/about.html):
Omgili (Beta) is a search engine designed to index web-based discussion forums. Omgili's unique algorithm analyzes forums not as a simple web page, but as an active discussion with a title, topic and replies.
I decided to create Omgili in order to separate ordinary web pages from information rich discussion forums. The information contained in online forums is typically presented in a "question and answer" or debate style format. How is this significant?
Many times you will have a question that has already been answered. Using Omgili, you can avoid posting already asked questions and quickly find your answer. Unlike ordinary search engines that prioritize articles and edited web pages, Omgili only indexes discussion forums. Using Omgili's advanced search capabilities you can choose to independently search titles, topics or just the replies of a discussion.
Information from online communities and forums is always a valuable resource. On February 12, 2001, Google announced it acquired DejaNews, a Usenet Discussion search engine. Usenet (Short for User's Network) is an Internet bulletin-board application that predates the World Wide Web. It is still used today, however with the explosion of web-based discussion forums it has waned in popularity. You can think of Omgili as the DejaNews of web-based discussion forums.
As far as I know its the first search engine dedicated to analyze and search discussions. Preety cool :)
From Omgili's About page (http://www.omgili.com/about.html):
Omgili (Beta) is a search engine designed to index web-based discussion forums. Omgili's unique algorithm analyzes forums not as a simple web page, but as an active discussion with a title, topic and replies.
I decided to create Omgili in order to separate ordinary web pages from information rich discussion forums. The information contained in online forums is typically presented in a "question and answer" or debate style format. How is this significant?
Many times you will have a question that has already been answered. Using Omgili, you can avoid posting already asked questions and quickly find your answer. Unlike ordinary search engines that prioritize articles and edited web pages, Omgili only indexes discussion forums. Using Omgili's advanced search capabilities you can choose to independently search titles, topics or just the replies of a discussion.
Information from online communities and forums is always a valuable resource. On February 12, 2001, Google announced it acquired DejaNews, a Usenet Discussion search engine. Usenet (Short for User's Network) is an Internet bulletin-board application that predates the World Wide Web. It is still used today, however with the explosion of web-based discussion forums it has waned in popularity. You can think of Omgili as the DejaNews of web-based discussion forums.
As far as I know its the first search engine dedicated to analyze and search discussions. Preety cool :)