Google@Omgili - sweet mashup with Google search

[Johnny]

There are many other search providers available besides Google, from which one is Omgili. Many of us know it as a top alt search engine, has focused on culling results from the weird corners of the web: Forums, boards, discussion groups - basically, anywhere you'd find purely or mostly subjective information. It's the polar opposite of Google search, which is practically a peer-reviewed journal by comparison. It's been around for a while and just like any other search engine out there it's not exactly threatening Google. Not by a long
stretch.

The company seems to realize that itself and figured “if you can't beat them join them,” launching Google@Omgili..Google@Omgili, features a sweet mashup with Google search, giving users a well-rounded look at the fair-and-balanced web alongside social buzz from and about sources such as blogs, newsgroups, video-sharing sites, forums, discussion boards, Q&A sites, and review sites.

In a blog post, Ran Geva, Omgili CEO has wrote,"As most of you are searching Google to find information, we created a new service, named Google@Omgili, that integrates Omgili into Google in a manner that should make searching Google even better. The look & feel of the search engine should look very similar to Google’s, but it also includes some unobtrusive useful features".The translation function isn't amazing, but for trending or hot-button topics, the results can be quite interesting.The basic Google@Omgili search yields traditional web results with discussions that link to each result.

There is also an "discussion bubble” showing how many discussions are around that particular result when you search anything on Google@Omgili. Clicking on that bubble will pop up links to those discussions.Once a user clicks on the "discussion bubble" next to the link, he can preview some of the social chatter linking back to that particular result.Users can also choose to refine the search to show results from, say, forums and discussions only.

[jackalz]

Users can choose any number of social sites to share Google@Omgili with their networks and can choose to add Google@Omgili to their search bar.There is also the option of filtering the results showing only those from blogs, news or forums. Most of Omgili's services have been integrated into the interface while trying to stick to Google's minimal look.

Anyways,, original Omgili search offering calls to mind many, many social/forum search engines - most of which have financially struggled or failed, see Twing and Delver - the Google mash gives this engine a much more interesting and useful product.On the surface this looks like just another search provider and while that may be true it does have some interesting features that could prove useful in some situations. Users tend to have a greater degree of trust in peer information but it does get hard trying to find out which pieces of said information are of actual value.

[Addis]

Google@Omgili does have some features no other search engine currently has but it's up to you to figure out if those features are of any use to you.Overall, it's a nice way to see which links are generating subjective online conversations and might be a good tool for tracking down topic experts or sources.On the other hand, it might also be a way to get mired down in the chatter from forum crazies.