Teoma: search engine

It’s not every day that I learn of a new search engine. Yesterday was one of those days and Teoma was the search engine. Their site says:

A lot of the players in the ever-evolving search space talk about relevance. But what do they really do to achieve this Holy Grail? And what do they offer to prove their claims? The truth is, not much. Teoma has invented a whole new approach to search, and this allows us to achieve our mission of providing the best search results on the Web. Now, we could throw a lot of fancy terms at you, like dynamic ranking and advanced algorithms. And these concepts are a crucial part of what makes Teoma so powerful. But, what’s really important for you to know is that Teoma adds a new dimension and level of authority to search results through its breakthrough approach, known as Subject-Specific Popularity.

Instead of ranking results based upon the sites with the most links leading to them, Teoma analyzes the Web as it is organically organized-in naturally-occurring communities that are about or related to the same subject-to determine which sites are most relevant. Teoma is the only search technology that can locate communities on the Web within their specific subject areas, as they actually exist. And this allows us to finely tune our search process, providing more precise results.

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