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Search Trails Technology Unveiled
At WWW2006, the 15th International World Wide Web Conference held in Edinburgh 22-26 May,
Trexy.com unveiled a new search technology inspired by scientist and visionary, Dr. Vannevar Bush,
who in the 1940s shared his vision of creating a collective memory by recording peoples' trails
through information...
At WWW2006, the 15th International World Wide Web Conference
held in Edinburgh 22-26 May, Trexy.com unveiled a new search
technology inspired by scientist and visionary, Dr. Vannevar
Bush, who in the 1940s shared his vision of creating a
collective memory by recording peoples' trails through
information...
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this article below...]
Despite the rudimentary computers of the day, Bush dreamt of a
device called a Memex an enhanced supplement to personal and
community memory created by trailblazers: "those who find
delight in the task of establishing useful trails through the
enormous mass of the common record."
Bush's seminal paper, As We May Think, (
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/194507/bush)
has influenced generations of computer scientists since.
London based Trexy.com aims to fulfill the trailblazing aspects
of Bushs vision by enabling users to create search trails.
Search trails are the pathways users create while searching on
their favourite engines like Google, MSN and Ask Jeeves.
Recording and sharing useful trails
Trexys CEO and Inventor, Nigel Hamilton said, trailblazing
needs three things to work. First we need to navigate the
'common record.' Thanks to Ted Nelson's idea of
hypertext, and Berners-Lee's implementation, the WWW
provides an interlinked common record. Second, we need a way to
remember useful trails of association through the common record.
Third, the system should enable us to share our trails with
others.
Trexy.com remembers the search terms and the web pages visited
on over 3000 engines. Trexy also enables users to follow the
anonymous search trails of other searchers (trailblazers).
Every day we all make personal discoveries and traverse trails
from what we're looking for, to what we find - but sometimes
we forget. What did I search on again? What was I looking for?
How did I find that? former Computer Science Lecturer, Nigel
Hamilton said.
Beyond the repetitive loop of search
We're all in an endless loop of searching, finding,
sometimes forgetting and the procedure repeats. Wouldn't it
be good if you could harness all this effort? Wouldnt it be
good if you could remember your personal search trails and also
follow the search trails of others? he said.
Instead of searching for the same thing twice, Trexy helps you
to pinpoint information youve already found. So youll never
have to ask yourself, Where did I find that again? he
said.
Search trails can be created at Trexy.com or by downloading a
free toolbar called the Trexy TrailBar (
http://trexy.com/trailbar.html). Trexy is
free to use.
Explore the future of search @ Content 2.0 - June 6 2006
New directions in search - both social search and recording
search or "attention" metadata - are among the
topics to debate and explore with global experts at NMK's
conference
Content 2.0 on 6th June in
London. Book now!
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