Internet Research Project

I am using Kartoo, www.kartoo.com. It is a Meta search engine, which means it sends a search request to several other search engines, and then compiles the results in a list on its website. The strengths I see on the website are easy to manipulate “options” and the search results display. The options feature allows me to customize the website a little bit. There is a “sidebar” feature that will show information that is relevant to my search, and in the options section, I can change that sidebar feature to show several different things, from search trends, news, topics, and images, to games. I can also apply parental locks and change the layout of results on the options page. The display of the search results is also a strength of this website. The results can be laid out in several different ways, and the one I like the best is 3 results to a page, because it allows for easy scanning without being overwhelmed with information. The weaknesses I see on this site are that in the option screen there are empty buttons that don’t do anything. It appears that the site is a work in progress, and although it doesn’t affect the search results it is distracting. The search results support keyword and math searches, and are not case sensitive. When I was doing test searches, one of the results actually brought up my blog, but it didn’t display my blog image, so that is a limitation I found. There isn’t a way to sort the information, only change the display layout.