TermCloud Search is a search mashup that generates a "termcloud" to present and navigate a search query. It is built on
Yahoo BOSS, the
Yahoo Site Explorer API
and Google's
RESTful Web Search API. It makes use of the beautiful
jQuery JavaScript library and was written by
Bernhard Rieder.
TermCloud Search is part of an ongoing research project on the social and political dimensions of Web search. As stated in this
blog post, the main idea was to turn the search process into an act of learning in
itself instead of just a means for getting quickly to another site. The term cloud (generated from 250 results via Yahoo BOSS' keyterm feature) is a way
to explore a subject area, getting an overview over the central terms surrounding a query. The project is currently beta. For any suggestions
or complaints contact b dot rieder at free dot fr.