International Journal of Scientometrics, Informetrics and Bibliometrics
ISSN 1137-5019
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SECOND GENERATION TOOLS:
INDEXERS

AnswerChase PROve 3.0 AnswerChase Inc
www.answerchase.com
(www.softpile.com)
The objective of PROve software is to create a centralized control mechanism for the PC user for search and retrieval via natural language interface. Version 3.0 is more stable, with a higher performance (Feb. 2001)

BullsEye 2.50

Intelliseek
www.intelliseek.com

Very impressive

EchoSearch 2.06 DISCONTINUED

Iconovex
www.iconovex.com

Slow, but the best HTML reports of all programs described (encyclopedic)

Firststop

www.firststopwebsearch.com

DESCRIPTION

Subject Search Spider 4.01

Kryloff Technol.
www.kryltech.com

Really, a very interesting metasearcher with some indexing capabilities

WebCompass 2.0DISCONTINUED

Quarterdeck
www.qdeck.com

Slightly outdated

Web Retriever 2.11DISCONTINUED

NextPage, Inc.
www.nextpage.com

NextPage sold Folio to FAST

WebSleuth 2.06

Sandsprite.com
www.geocities.com/dzzie/sleuth

Powerful, with many options. Other version called SuperSleuth not evaluated (Jan. 2000)