Surf Canyon
Surf Canyon is a browser extension that uses implicit relevance feedback in real-time, along with explicit long-term customization, to personalize searches on Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft Live search, Craigslist, and LexisNexis LexisWeb. The application is available as a downloadable extension for Internet Explorer, and as an add-on for Mozilla Firefox. , Mozilla Add-ons lists it as a "recommended" download.
While developed by a small eponymous company in Oakland, California, according to reviews in the Japanese EDition of Lifehacker and the Chinese site weborn.org, the extension also provides relevance feedback in languages other than English, using diverse character sets. The company's blog also claims to support Russian.
References
- Boehret, Katherine. "Web Searches That Really Bear Fruit." in "The Mossberg Solution" Walter S. Mossberg, ed. Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Co.: New York, . D6
- Martin, Richard. "The Right Search Tool." Information Week. . 35.