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November 01, 2005

HelpFox

helpfox.gifThere's a new kid on the search engine block. It's called HelpFox.

HelpFox is a new concept in search engines. You type in a search term and get back all sorts of results, including Wikipedia definitions, dictionary definitions, blog entries, shopping links, maps, and who knows what else. It all depends on what you type in.

One thing's for certain, though. You're going to get a lot of info!

Here's a cool trick to try: type anything-you-want.firefox.com into your browser's address bar. Watch what happens! For example, try hurricane.helpfox.com.

Once you type in a term, click the various links at the top, including News, Links, Blog, Photos, Shopping and Jobs. Visit the Preferences section to turn yellow high-lighting on and off. You can also determine which section is the default page.

Here's something else nifty. The site not only keeps track of all the latest searches, but it also keeps a list of your recent searches. This is very useful so you can come back to the site later and revisit your previous searches.

HelpFox is in beta, so return often to see improvements, changes, etc.

I tried a search on the St. Louis Cardinals. The return included early history, including previous team names (ever heard of the St. Louis Brown Stockings? How about the Perfectos?). It also went into detail about eras like the Gashouse gang, Stan the Man's 40's, Gibby, Brock, and the 60's, Whiteyball, Big Mac, and the winning ways of the 2000's. Fine fodder for a fan, indeed.

A search on Benton County, Arkansas likewise turned up a bunch of facts, including history, population, average income, etc.

So have fun trying your own searches. Keep tuning in and noting the improvements as the site gets closer to full release. Perhaps HelpFox will win you over to this exciting new search engine technology.

http://www.helpfox.com

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Written by mayor at November 1, 2005 10:45 AM

Comments on “HelpFox”

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  1. Kathryn Martyn on November 1, 2005 07:46 AM

    Maybe it should be an "alpha?" This isn't working well at all. It displays search results fine, but if you attempt to visit one of the results what you find is they all lead to Zoom.com (whatever it's supposed to be), and not the actual site you wanted. If you are patient, you can probably find yet another link to the originial site you wanted, but really, do we need another layer of confusion?

    I'll wait and see on HelpFox.

  2. greg sparks on November 1, 2005 02:47 PM

    Kathryn, you got more than I did. i typed and nothing happened. then remove the hypens, still nothing. Then I tried a real term in place of anything-you-want. Still nothing.

    The baldguy has neve led me astray before, so what's up today?

  3. Greg Sparks on November 1, 2005 02:57 PM

    I think I figured it out. It's not but >anything-you-want.helpfox.com>. 'Twere only a typo, but URL's aren"t very forgiving.

    So: http://xxxxx.helpfox.com, where xxxxx is the term that you want to search for will get it.

  4. AC on November 1, 2005 09:00 PM

    Blogging ROCKS!!

  5. the baldguy on November 2, 2005 07:00 AM

    My instructions were a bit convoluted. I wrote this review EARLY Sunday morning. Anyhow, keep checking back in as the sute matures.

    Ron E.

  6. Observer on November 7, 2005 02:43 PM

    Interesting. I singles ad with a very young woman in a very small bikini on your site.

    Maybe you don't have the same guidelines I do for Family Friendly. Or is that just a keyword to sell advertisements on your site?


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