Kartoo
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 Kartoo Search Results | |
Type of site | Web search engine |
|---|---|
| URL | www.KartOO.com at the Wayback Machine (archived January 20, 2010) |
| Launched | 2001 |
| Current status | Closed as of January 2010 |
KartOO was a meta search engine which displayed a visual interface. It operated from 2001 to early 2010.
KartOO had an Adobe Flash GUI, as opposed to a text-based list of results. Its color scheme was to a degree reminiscent of Apple Computer's Aqua interface. Search results were presented as a "map", with blob-like masses of varying color connecting each item. On rollover of an individual result a bunch of red lines connected related links. KartOO sometimes helped to narrow down searches with a general topic. Every "blob" clicked added another word to the search query. The map would often succeed in presenting keywords or subtopics that defined the topic one was searching on, very much like an interactive spider diagram.
