iBoogie.com - Organize your searches

iBoogie.com is a Google-looking search engine that specializes in organizing searches to help the user quickly find exactly what they are looking for. Users input their key words and results appear normally in the center of the page but on the left there is a listing of categories where similar sites are clustered together. By skimming this list, users can help specify and direct the search. The categories are very helpful and assist users who use vague key words. The categories also have sub-categories and sub-sub-categories to really pinpoint the desired search results. The design is similar to Google, with a few tabs directing the initial search. On iBoogie.com the tabs include web, directory, images, news and an option to add a custom tab. To do this users must log in but the possibilities are amazing. Users can add searches including databases from the US Navy site to Lonely Planet to the IRS. The results are still slightly cluttered but the information is closer to what the searcher is really looking to find.

"iBoogie provides the means for the search sources to organize themselves. Users can add their specific library, scientific, government or educational search sources to our database. Afterwards users can query sources simultaneously instead of one at a time. Similar topic search sources are grouped into categories, creating search engine communities. Users can create customized search tabs depending on their interests. This is the first step in creating truly personalized search environment."

iBoogie is awesome because it helps people narrow their search and offers results that further help direct the search. Key words are generally very vague and iBoogie works hard with the user to find exactly what the missing information is and how to locate it.

The site looks rather cluttered, maybe organizing the actual search results with bullet points or numbers would make it more pleasing to the eye and easier to skim through.