iLor Evaluation

Lately, iLor (Internet Lore), has been getting good press for the additional features it adds to a Google search. Some of these features are indeed interesting and will be useful for some: the pop-up box with the choice to Open in Taskbar, Open in New Window, Put in My List, and Go Now Anchor Here. However, there are several points which should be noted as well.

• iLor does not work for all browsers (requires IE 5 + or Netscape 4.73 +)
• They have not licensed the full Google database, so searchers get less results with iLor than Google
• iLor does not provide access to more than two results per site
• iLor is much slower to respond than Google

iLor is certainly a site to watch, but it can not yet fully replace Google in the professional searcher's arsenal.