Vivisimo Adds Clustering 2.0 to the Mix

Vivisimo announced a new technology, remix clustering, to help users find new topics and gain insights related to their search queries. Vivisimo’s standard clustering organizes search results into topical folders on the fly, without any pre-processing of source documents. Clustering gives a quick overview of the main topics, enables access to valuable but low-ranked search results, and groups together related documents for joint consideration. Vivisimo’s Remix clustering helps searcher’s productivity. It works like this: The user first sees clustered results in the usual style. Then, a single click on Remix reveals submerged or secondary topics that were not generated in the initial clustering. It works by feedback: cluster the same search results again, but explicitly ignore the topics that the user already saw. Remix clustering functionality is built into Velocity 6.0. It is also now available on Clusty.com, Vivisimo’s online web search site. Test the Remix on a familiar topic and see how unfamiliar or subtler topics emerge by repeated clicking on Remix. http://clusty.com