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Can A Search Engine Make You More Creative?

Can A Search Engine Make You More Creative? | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

"With Yossarian you can increase the diversity and frequency of your Ah ha! moments." Oh really?


Type "beauty" into Google image search, and you'll see endless photos of white models. Search "beauty" in Yossarian, the metaphorical search engine, and it returns pictures of men shaking hands, a little boy dressed as a super hero, and burning money. Keep scrolling and new understandings of "beauty" pop up.


Compared to Google, the results seem random and confusing, but that's Yossarian's benefit, argues its creator J. Paul Neeley. "Google is an incredibly powerful tool, if you know what you're looking for," he told Fast Company. "But it's really problematic in creative terms, if you're trying to generate new ideas.


" Staring at Google's singular view of a given concept doesn't exactly inspire. All queries go through the filter bubble--the algorithms that guess what we want, like Google autocomplete. Filter bubbles, the theory goes, lead to group-think and hinder creativity. And even on Pinterest, a favorite among creative types, the visual representations of ideas tend to converge on one definition.


A search engine that spits out metaphors, like Yossarian, however, can get people thinking about how to define a topic in new and interesting ways. "With Yossarian you can increase the diversity and frequency of your aha moments," the site promises....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

Cool new search tool adds metaphor, unpredictability and creativity to your search results. Definitely worth checking Yossarian out. Hat tip to Research Buzz.

Marco Favero's curator insight, September 23, 2014 9:42 AM

aggiungi la tua intuizione ...

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Escape Google With These 12 Search Engine Alternatives

Escape Google With These 12 Search Engine Alternatives | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Google isn't the only game in town and isn't even the best alternative for many specific search tasks and needs. Here's how to escape Google's grip with Bing, Blekko, BuzzSumo, DuckDuckGo, SocialMention, Quantcast, Topsy, Wolfram|Alpha, and more.


As concerns over the de facto monopoly status of Google continue to grow, I'm reminded of the great philosopher Herman Cain and his infamous line  "blame yourself". As long as "Google" is a generic phrase for Internet search, their dominant position is assured. That said, you can do something about it.There are plenty of Google alternatives and many of these players offer a bettersearch experience, depending on your needs. Here are 12 alternatives to escape your reliance on Google for all things search...

Jeff Domansky's insight:

George Price shares a terrific list of search tools as an alternative to Google. Highly recommended. 9/10

Olga Senognoeva's curator insight, May 6, 2014 3:51 AM

Список поисковых инструментов, альтернативных Google.

Если ссылка не открывается - обратите внимание на перечисление поисковиков в первом абзаце поста.

wanderingsalsero's curator insight, May 6, 2014 8:06 PM

The author is right:  as long as we continue to think that Google is "THE" internet search engine....we can't complain about how Google treats us.  I need to look into these alternatives too.

Gonzalo Moreno's curator insight, May 8, 2014 2:51 PM

Hay vida más allá de Google...