As I said yesterday, Danny Sullivan and I had the chance to speak with Steven Wolfram this week. The demo of his Wolfram|Alpha “knowledge engine was, in a word, amazing.

As I also hinted at yesterday, this tool will become a quick friend of the information professional as it makes the Internet or, better said, the deep/invisible web much more useful. We’re talking answers here, not 10 blue links! Wolfram|Alpha is a game changer when it comes to ready reference. Btw, I agree with Danny, it’s not a Google killer. It’s a new and very useful tool to add to our search tool belt. However, Google and other general-purpose search engines are still needed.

Here’s Danny’s extended review of the new search tool. Screen caps, too.

I will have more to say in the next week or so as the new “knowledge engine” gets closer to its launch.

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