Tuesday, April 04, 2006

AOL mobile search features

AOL mobile search screen shot

AOL made interesting twist in mobile search. AOL mobile search (located at mobile.aolsearch.com) doesn't deliver some spectacular search results. These are just ordinary search results from Google, formatted, more or less, as other mobile search providers do.

What it does is that it reformats the page you visit after clicking search results much better than any other engine. It replaces all navigation it identifies with Quicknav link, and do some more smart rearrangements, letting you to step into content without scrolling (well, in general, some weird designs may confuse AOL mobile search). It also reformats all content to avoid horizontal scrolling, as Google does. Unfortunately, this is not usable on every single site, as AOL may hide the content you want to look... Still it is worth to test it with your favorites.