ENG-122 TURBOSCOUT REVIEW

Turboscout.com is a very conveinent search tool. It allows the user to visit one site and seach over 90 different databases for desired subject including the major search engines such as google, yahoo, msn, and ask along with several metacrawlers. The site contains different search categories like imiges and news. You can also change the language of the site for people who speak different languages. All in all I give the site an A+ for ease of use and conveinience.


TurboScout Review
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Strengths
Utilize over 90 different search engines on one site.
Weaknesses
A couple of the sites were not in working condition.
Search Engines and Directories Searched
Google, MSN, Yahoo, Ask along with about 90 more.
Databases
N/A
Operators
Default operation
Search operators supported
Yes.
Proximity or exact phrase
Yes.
Truncation or stemming
No.
Wildcard
No.
Other
No.
Case SensitivityNo.
Stop WordsYes.
Advanced Search FunctionThe advanced search option is available depending on which site you are searching on Turboscout.
Limits
Date
No.
File type
No.
Field searching
No.
Language
Turboscout does accommodate many different languages.
Family filter
No.
Domain or site
Yes.
Other
SortingTurboscout does a very good job sorting the different search engines and categories on the page and makes it very easy to navigate.
Display
Number of hits
The result will vary depending on which site you are searching
Open in new window or tab
n/a
Cached pages
n/a
Clustering
Turboscout does not cluster though some sites within turboscout will
Thumbnails
n/a
Suggestions for refining/narrowing search
n/a
Spell check
n/a
Sponsored results identified
n/a
Update date
n/a
Other
Help Function
Special Features