HotBot

HotBot is the searching system of new generation, worked out by specialists in the USA. This system went out on spaces of the internet in May, 1996 and at once purchased large popularity due to quality and scope of the results that provided technologies of Inktomi.

In 1999 the splash of popularity of this search engine happened due to drawing on the results of the searching system Direct Hit. Users were attracted by a quickness and quality of search, that was determined by the narrow orientation of searching queries.

In 1998 HotBot passed to possession of company Lycos. Since 1999-2000, the level of popularity of this search engine began to fall. In 2002 a search engine was restarted as an interface of access to two main searching systems of the Internet: Google and Teoma (Ask Jeeves).

HotBot is pseudo мета by the searching system and not able to mix up the results of search of the systems uses that. However to two adopted searching services the system gives fast and comfortable access and remains very interesting due to unusual colors and interface, that always were her distinguishing feature.

Before results on the searching query of user HotBot destroys, so-called, "Sponsored Links". The supplier of requiring payment sponsor references is Overture. To five first results of this system get in the block of "Sponsored Links".

In right part of screen, in area of, noted "Sponsored Links", announcements take place from the programs of Lycos InSite AdBuyer. Here can be given out to 3th references.

On each of the searching systems an user gets the corresponding form of the extended search. Also an user can choose pleasing to him registration of page of search, and it is 6 basic variants.