February 16, 2010
qrobe.it
Qrobe.it - new metasearch engine with several attractive features.
Qrobe.it (pronounced Krobe) will search the web using Google, Bing and Ask (you choose) and collate results, and images using Google and Bing.
+ it shows sources for each result
+ offers a More search (sets up a site search with your query)
+ has continuous scrolling - no need to page through
+ has cached copy at the source engine.
+ the Peek opens in a "modal" window - almost full window on top of Qrobe that gives the full view. Controls at the bottom let you go back and forward through the results using this view.
There is also location - where you can identify your country. The search interface then offers the option to search only Canadian - except it didn't work when I ran the search. To my knowledge the US Government (gov) has not relocated to Canada - (though we might consider the inverse). But ranking of results was a bit different - location is doing something.
I was very impressed at the ranking. Running my standard search of arctic exploration I found three terrific resources that I hadn't seen before in the top three spots.
But the coolest feature is the box that appears when you mouseover the arrow to the right of the result (in the style of Bing) that presents tools for sharing, saving, verifying, shortening the url (for Tweeting), and translating.
For another review, see Qrobe Is The First Metasearch Engine That Adds To What Bing And Google Offer, The Next Web (Feb 16)
Posted by Gwen at February 16, 2010 01:18 PM