Matilda AU
Matilda is actually two search engines in one: Matilda is the international search engine, and Boomerang is the Australian version of Matilda. Unfortunately, the site's few good features aren't enough to allow you to overlook the many flaws of this search engine. You can choose between Matilda or Boomerang as your primary search engine, depending the type of search you wish to conduct--global or Australian. However, this is not apparent until you scroll down to the category directory (similar to that in LookSmart) where the categories are divided into the two groups. Other specialised search engines can be used--Wipeout (a surfer's search engine), for example--though there is nothing to tell you this until you have completed a search.
Matilda has no advanced search options and doesn't even provide a help area--the only suggestion made is to "use more words for better results".
A helpful extra that is included is a location/post code search, where you can enter the suburb or post code and receive excellent results. Another good feature is the status indicator that shows the progress of the results as they are loading.
The Matilda search returned a number of results, though the lack of URLs made it difficult to determine their relevance. The organisation of results was confusing, as they were grouped into categories, which were listed alphabetically.
The Boomerang search was anything but helpful. A search for Buffy the Vampire Slayer yielded no results, but we received 76 when we searched for online mortgages. Again, the results were grouped into the Business and Economy category, and again, no URLs were listed. Upon closer examination, it was found that all 76 links led to the same site. We received only one result for mortgages, but received none for Buffy.
The Matilda search engine is confusing and messy. It provides a concise selection of categories for browsing, but if you're looking to do a search, you'd best do it at another site.
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The Correct address for Matilda is
http://www.matildasearch.com
Is theee any chance you coulds replace your content with a simple link?
Keith