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AnnotationsAnnotationsJuly 12, 2006 Small “Niche” Search EnginesIn the Technology column of CNN.Com appears an article about small search engines that are powered by people and have some of the big boys watching closely… Tiny search engines look for a niche Tuesday, July 11, 2006; Posted: 9:04 a.m. EDT (13:04 GMT) Manage Alerts | What Is This? LEXINGTON, Kentucky (AP) — Steve Mansfield operates his own Internet search engine from a place he calls a “secret hideout” — a small office surrounded by low-rent apartments on the outskirts of this college town known for its horse farms. Mansfield conceived Prefound.com a few years ago on the premise that humans, from pretty much anywhere, can collectively provide better intelligence than a computer program developed out of the Silicon Valley. (more) No Comments »RSS feed for comments on this post. Leave a comment
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