Name: Clusty (powered by Vivísmo, Inc)
Alexa Traffic Rating: 5,658
Market Value: Unknown. The company has not gone public.
Revenue Model: Advertising; pay-per-click; affiliate links and private search solutions.
Years in Business: Since 2000.
Strengths: Well-established; solid traffic base; first to use clustering technology; wide range of more specific searches available; large amount of traffic; use tabs to search for news, gossip, images, or products; options to search Wikipedia, blogs and Slashdot.
Weaknesses: Prides itself on its innovative use of clustering technology, just like several of the other competitors. In reality, this technology isn’t incredibly special and their claims that it makes searching easier for users is questionable. Also, while it gets more specific than the other general Meta search engines, it is still not targeted enough.
Other pertinent info: They are run by Vivísmo, Inc., a larger company based out of Bellevue, Washington.
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