Glyn’s Library Blog (and other thoughts)

The first time I tried Grokker it seemed a little confusing, and slightly overwhelming, yet intriguing.  The next time it made much more sense, and I can see many uses for it.  I like seeing the list of results, but the Map View is nice!  I like being able to see at a glance the quantity of similar results all in one place.   The Outline View can also be helpful, as it works like Windows Explorer and is easily navigated.  The Map View allows me to see sample images (be it covers or site images) and get a different feel for the results I received.   Grokker is different than other search engines because of the way it prepares and presents the results.  It’s nice to have some sort of organization occasionally, and I can see sometimes using Grokker, sometimes Google, and other times wanting to search tags on del.icio.us or Technorati.