Search Engine Hunch or Decision Engine?
There is a new search engine (or is it a decision engine) called Hunch out on the web.
As I take a look at this new entity on the web I am quite willing to answer the first 20 questions as I discover what Hunch is all about. I figure that Hunch may be worth signing in so in one quick and easy step the task is done. Here is my introduction to Hunch:
Welcome to Hunch! Hunch is a decision-making tool, built by its users. In ten questions or fewer, Hunch gives you its best hunch of what you would like. Read the FAQ for help, post to the forums for questions or suggestions, and let us know how we can make Hunch help you. We’re glad you’re here.
Now go make some decisions!
Looking at the home page, on first inspection Hunch looks like Yahoo Answers. You can join in on topics, tell Hunch more about yourself by answering questions, give ratings on different topics, keep an eye on certain activities via a feed, as well as browsing specific topics.
At the bottom of the home page is a ‘people’ section which kind of looks like a match making section – of what relevance this has to a search engine or for that matter a decision engine, I am not sure…
I’m intrigued by the questions which claim to be able to teach Hunch about yourself and therefore give you customised results which will better match any queries that you may ask Hunch. Well, after answering one question, already I am stuck with an error:
Hunch encountered an error.
Please Refresh the page to retry.
OK then, let’s try again. Perhaps it is that everyone has got word on Hunch and that is the reason for it running so slow today – but it is not a good first impression from me. Refresh hasn’t worked and I am proceeding to open a new window. Well, that’s it for me – it seems that Hunch is down. Too bad – I won’t be coming back here in a hurry.
Going on other reviews of Hunch, here are some links of recommended reading – since I cannot access the site myself:
Meanwhile it seems that Hunch is responding again, however it is still very slow. I may give it another go tomorrow.
