Library clips

Byoms in a nutshell seems to be searching via IM.

Add a search engine or a site to your contacts list, and all you do is select the contact you want to search, and go for it…the results are IM’d back

Only works with AOL, what about Google Talk…Google is the search king.

Is this just a tiny bit more convenient than using the a toolbar, eg. the Copernic toolbar lets you add heaps of search engines, just choose one and search.

I guess the convenience of IM is that you don’t need the browser…this is where the Google Deskbar comes in, can’t you just add a search engine to the Google deskbar and search without having to use the browser.

NOTE: this is now only available with the Google Desktop Search package…check out the Google Deskbar group for the hacked up replacement.

NOTE: I added Google Blog Search has an option in my Google Deskbar
eg. This is how I added it http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&q={1}

Like TechCrunch say, it’s like the functionality of searching multiple site at once like Rollyo but within your IM client…not bad at all…plus the mobile search feature. I guess these two points give it the edge.

[ADDED: On the same topic how do I go about making a site search for my blog for the Google Deskbar
ie. put in a search term and select Google Blog Search for Library clips…blogurl:http://libraryclips.blogsome.com.

I dont know where to put the q={1}…it has to go somwhere in this URL:
http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=blogurl%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Flibraryclips.blogsome.com&btnG=Search+Blogs