The Arabic search engine Araby, which is a subsidiary of Maktoob Group, just launched a new design and a number of new functionalities and services to make it easier for users to reach what they’re looking for faster.
Among the new services is a thematic search feature, where the most used keywords on Araby are grouped and categorized by theme; these themes cover all tastes and interests, from sports, to technology, to Islam, to women’s issues, to art and celebrity news, to finance and business related topics, and more.
The themes are displayed on the homepage with their most popular keywords, that are clickable, enabling users to directly access their search results.
Other new features include auto completion of search keywords as the user types in the terms he’s looking for, refreshing the list with suggested popular user searches with every typed letter.
Another new addition is the search help section that displays a number of searches that are related to the one entered by the user, to provide other options for them to take their search further and find results of interest to them
Source: StartUpArabia
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October 10th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
here is the original story http://arabcrunch.com/2008/10/araby-adds-new-arabic-earch-features.html
October 11th, 2008 at 2:52 am
@AltSearchEngines: Thanks for carrying the ‘Araby’ story here; glad to see you’re keeping an eye on what’s going on in the Arab world as well. Hope I can always be of help in providing news of interest through StartUpArabia.
Also if you’re interested in knowing more about the main search engine efforts launched in the Arab world, just shoot me an email, and I’d be glad to provide more details.