Blekko : Designed To Give You A Remarkable Search Experience

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Blekko Designed To Give You A Remarkable
Search Experience

• Blekko

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• The information seekers in present time spend a
  considerable time on the Web searching for the
  information from the relevant sources they are
  seeking. In doing so they are often presented
  with the information that contains irrelevant and
  unimportant links and this may lead to accessing
  of low-quality information. For a solution to
  this problem, blekko, one of the newest search
  engines helps in filtering of unhelpful sites and
  spam so that search results come from trusted
  sources.
• The new search engine employs slash tags or
  specialized search terms that allow users to
  search for content within a given subject or
  website. When you type in your search phrase, you
  are then able to type in a slash tag containing
  the exact type of search phrases you want. The
  search engine also strips out results from
  content farms, which research trendy topics and
  then pay writers to pen short posts about them.

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The search engine cuts the spam out of the
search results

• The new search engine is designed in such a way
  that it is helpful in weeding out the
  spam-oriented links from the search results. The
  search engine works on a human edited index that
  has been created using slashes. These are lists
  of trusted websites in particular categories all
  searches are limited to results served in these
  categories.
• The search engine also has a go at Google
  regarding their lack of transparency about their
  results algorithm .By contrast, the search engine
  shows extra data such as the number of inbound
  links, to a site, where they come from and how
  long they have been there.

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Interface and user profiles offered by the search
engine

• When you arrive at the search engine blekko
  homepage, you will notice a small blekko man
  mascot a search superhero in the lower right
  portion of the screen and a row of spotlighted
  search engine users just south of the main search
  box.
• When you click on the user profiles located in
  the search engine, it will take you to social
  networking-like pages where you will find profile
  pictures, bios, activity pages (similar to
  Facebook news feed), created slash tags and the
  number of slash tags they are following.

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The search engine and the toolbar

• In addition to its social networking abilities,
  the search engine displays suggested slash tags
  and uses the bar situated on the right for a
  combination of associated ads, news and images.
• To the right of the search results produced by
  the search engine, there is an option of slash
  tag these results link by using which you can go
  through the series of steps for creating a slash
  tag for the search result.

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The search engine offers more transparency in
its search results

• The call for openness and transparency is
  reflected in the search engines result pages.
  You can not only like a page or mark it as spam
  and remove it from your search results forever,
  but you can also view the inbound and outbound
  links, a cached version, the IP address and SEO
  data.
• The search engine user community functions on a
  basic set of rules named the web search bill of
  rights following which the users can make their
  search for the information effective and relevant.

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Privacy policy implemented by the search engine

• The privacy settings of the new search engine are
  more transparent than Google or other search
  engines like Yahoo, Bing etc. Your personal
  information like IP address is retained for a
  maximum of 48 hours according to the search
  engine policy.
• The privacy policy being implemented by the new
  search engine is much more convenient and
  effective for the users as compared to the
  18-month policy employed by Google and Yahoo and
  the 6-month policy employed by Bing.

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The search engine offers an advantage of
nominating the spam

• The feature of filtering the spam from the search
  results is one of the great features being
  offered by the search engine and comes in the
  form of a button titled spam.
• The feature of filtering the spam lets the user
  to click the button and never see the results
  from the website that contain irrelevant or
  unimportant links and lowers the chance of
  spam-oriented links that often get returned
  during a search.

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Conclusion

• The main motto of the search engine is to slash
  the web and the centerpiece of this slogan and
  its chief innovation is the concept of slash
  tags. The feature of slash tags offered by the
  search engine allows search personalization and
  filtering through the creation of mini-indexes of
  authoritative or favorite sites.
• The new search engine blekko breaks down the
  search results into categories that offer links
  to the results from verified content sources
  around the web. In addition to this, the new
  categories offer users more results on a single
  page than what it used to display previously.