Turbo10 Search Engine First to Trawl the Deep Net - 13/02/2002.

Turbo10 Search Engine announced its launch into the Deep Net today, enabling users for the first time to search specialist information sources previously overlooked by traditional search engines.

London based, Turbo10 (http://turbo10.com) is the first search engine to bridge the gap between the surface web and the Deep Net. Crawler-based search engines like Altavista and Google only search static web pages - the surface web. But the surface web only represents a small proportion of the information available on the Net.

Nigel Hamilton, Turbo10's Co-founder and Managing Director, said, "Traditional search engines are just scratching the surface of the vast information reservoir because the majority use crawlers to index the Web. But a plethora of information lies in searchable databases that just can't be accessed by crawlers."

Turbo10 has created unique search engine adapter technology, called the Turbo10 Trawler to connect to the Deep Net - a vast array of specialist databases that range from business associations, universities, libraries, and government departments.

For example, Turbo10's users can now search on specific legal databases such as AustLII - the Australasian Legal Information Institute (http://www.austlii.org). AustLII is one of the largest sources of Australasian legal materials on the Net, with over 1.5 million searchable legal documents.

"By delving into the Deep Net we are broadening the depth and range of search results for the online searcher. The Trawler connects in real-time, so unlike crawler-based engines, we search in the present not the past." Nigel Hamilton, a former Computer Science University Lecturer, said.

The Turbo10 Trawler can query up to 10 different databases, retrieve the results, rank and display them in a consistent interface.

Turbo10 has started to divide resources into topic-specific collections such as: Legal, Reference, News, Sport, and Finance. Each collection combines a selection of traditional search engines and Deep Net engines to broaden the search. For example, the Legal Collection connects to a host of niche legal sites enabling searchers to perform specific legal based queries.

Turbo10 allows owners of searchable databases to add their Deep Net engines to the Turbo10 collection by an online submission form - 'Add Search Engine.'

More information about the Turbo10 Trawler can be found at:

http://turbo10.com/trawler.html

About Turbo10.com

Turbo10 Search Engine is operated by Fleetfoot Internet Solutions Limited, a privately owned company specialising in search engine technology. Fleetfoot Internet Solutions is based in London, United Kingdom.

In addition to connecting to the Deep Net - Turbo10 makes browsing faster with its Search-o-meter� and Turbo10 Topics�.

• The Turbo10 Search-o-Meter� enables a searcher to quickly flick through the results without the need to scroll down.
• Turbo10 Topics� is a new search engine clustering technique that helps you 'home in' quickly on a relevant topic. For example, if you search on 'salsa', Turbo10's algorithm identifies 'dancing' and 'recipes' as two distinct topics.