A Visual, and Audio, Way To Search

Filed in archive Web Services on June 20, 2008

Viewzi takes search up several levels to something I never imagined search could be like. Watch as Viewzi morphs from a regular text search engine into something spectacular.

You'll be able to search by text if you want to, this is definitely good for a lot of things. But if you're looking for photos, music, videos or something else, you can do that too. You can also change from one to the other in literally a click.



Let me give you an example. Follow along with me as I go. Go to Viewzi and type in "cats" (without the quotes). Instead of being given a million search hits on "cats" you're given a choice. Do you want to search by:

- Video X3
- 3D Photo Cloud
- Basic Photo
- Simple Text
- Web Screenshot
- 4 Sources
- Reuters News
- Everyday Shopping
- Recipe
- The Weather
- Album
- MP3 Search
- TechCrunch
- Amazon Book
- celebrity photo

Of course, not all of the Viewzi options has anything to do with cats, but some of them do. Let's try some out.

When you click on Video X3 you'll get videos from around the Web all having to do with cats. The Basic Photo view will give you photos of cats and the 3D Photo Cloud will give you tons of photos all over the page of cats. I couldn't find any cats in the recipe section. If you go to the Album or MP3 Search you'll find music from Cat Stevens.

Play around with Viewzi and I'm sure you'll be as fascinated as I was with this new way to search. Let me know what you think of Viewzi. What did you look up?