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Pixsy Corporation recently released an interesting new visual search engine. Unlike traditional engines that comb the static web, Pixsy.com aggregates RSS feeds and extracts images and videos, indexing them into categories.

Pixsy uses its own propriety algorithms. Since RSS feeds are continuously updated in real time, Pixsy is able to provide its user base with a constant stream of the latest images and videos. These are not hosted directly off of Pixsy servers; instead, Pixsy forwards traffic directly to the source.

Some of the well known RSS sources Pixsy searches include:

• Reuters
• BusinessWeek
• The New York Times
• BBC
• YouTube
• CNet
• StupidVideos.com
• USAToday
• iVillage
• StarPulse
• Variety
• Golf.com

Here’s a break down of Pixsy’s features:

• The search bar is located at the top right of the screen.
• Categories are located at the left hand side under ‘Browse By Category.’ These include: World News, Celebrities and Entertainment, Politics, People and Dating, Photo and Video Sharing, Posters and Products, and Tech News. It would be nice to see a clustering type of system set up, that dynamically changes the categories whenever a query is entered in the search bar. For example, a search on your favorite band could break the categories into more specific subtopics such as Tour, Photo Shoot, and Latest Video, etc. Perhaps there isn’t enough RSS data available to do this.