Re: Vivisimo clustering FindLaw results

Hi Kathy,

The Vivisimo Clustering Engine integrates seamlessly with any search 
engine or text-based source.  At the highest level, the process for 
clustering search results is as follows:  the Clustering Engine 
sends the query to the search engine (in FindLaw's case, Google), 
requests the top 200 results, and creates meaningful, hierarchically 
sorted categories based on the search results themselves.  The two 
key inputs to the Vivisimo Clustering Engine are the titles of the 
documents and the brief descriptions that follow.  

Unlike other approaches to "organized information" the Vivisimo 
Clustering Engine is fully automated, never has to pre-process the 
source documents, and requires no maintenance.  The high-quality 
results are achieved with little or no customization.  In fact, 
eWeek Labs recently awarded Vivisimo the "Analyst's Choice Award."  
Read the review at:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1466018,00.asp.

Also, Award-winning meta-search engine DogPile (a property of 
InfoSpace) uses Vivisimo's technology for clustered results.  

Vivisimo's website is a search destination for many and hosts a wide 
variety of demo's for corporations, government organizations, 
medicine, higher education, etc.  You can also meta-search the web 
from http://www.vivisimo.com.

Thanks,
Orion

--- In [email protected], Kathy Biehl <fortuna@p...> 
wrote:
> Since Orion Wolff brought up Vivisimo (welcome, Orion!), I'd like 
to throw 
> out for discussion today how it refines FindLaw, even though 
Vivisimo is on 
> the schedule for tomorrow. I just ran "nominee corporation" 
through 
> Vivisimo's FindLaw page at http://vivisimo.com/demos/FindLaw.html. 
The 
> results came back in two columns. The left column displayed the 
top 160 
> results for the search. Each search result had a heading that was 
> hyperlinked to the underlying document, an excerpt from the 
document 
> containing highlighted search terms, and the URL.  The left column 
> clustered the results into a series of folders with headings 
like "Nevada," 
> "Nominee Services," "Offshore" and "Delaware Corporation." The 
number of 
> results under each heading appeared in parentheses next to the 
heading. 
> When I opened a folder by clicking on it, I then saw a series of 
> sub-folders with headings and the number of results under each.
> 
> Has anyone else tried this?
> 
> Can you explain what Vivisimo is doing and how it does it, Orion?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kathy Biehl
> co-moderator, Network-Lawyers
> 
> >Vivisimo has created a new resource for anyone in the legal
> >industry. Using FindLaw (the highest-trafficked legal site on the
> >Web), Vivisimo has created a solution that lets users search 
FindLaw
> >far more efficiently. And, it's free! To access this resource,
> >simply go to http://vivisimo.com/demos/FindLaw.html (try a 
search).
> >
> >I look forward to the discussion this week!
> >
> >Sincerely, Orion Wolff Vivisimo, Inc.




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