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GraphicBrain.com Vertical Search Engine (#896)
Posted: 1/18/2003; 8:30 PM by Terry Frazier
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Interesting idea -- a vertical industry search engine for the graphic arts. There may be similar tools in other industries but this is the first I've come across.

I couldn't find a complete list of sources anywhere on the site, and a couple of quick query results showed a lot of repetition within relatively few sources. But the service does have some nice features, including the ability to save queries, define agents to update queries, sort results, and specify types of content for constraining the search. Registration is required for full access. I didn't see any mention of fees for registering to use the search engine.

I'd be more skeptical (downright cynical, actually) if this were an American venture, but it's run by VIGC, a private initiative backed by the Flemish government and the European Regional Development Fund. VIGC has about a dozen Euro graphic arts mfgs as members, but appears to be mostly trying to sell consulting services.

GraphicBrain.com adds daily updated overview of articles with links

[...] GraphicBrain.com visits over 30 news sites on a daily basis, all dedicated to the industry. The overview is freely accessible to all users.

"This is of course a major improvement of our service", says Eddy Hagen, manager GraphicBrain.com. Until recently, most of the information in GraphicBrain.com came from vendor websites and from on-line magazines. The GraphicBrain.com 'web spiders' visit vendor sites on a monthly basis and on-line magazine on a weekly basis. So it could take some time before information on new products was retrievable via the GraphicBrain.com search engine. With the addition of this 'news' section, new information is added to its database every day." [...] [WhatTheyThink]

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