Blinkx, is it a Search?

Blinkx (www.blinkx.com) let you search in a blink without doing a search. This is a productivity tool I tried today.

The major difference comparing Blinks to Google search is that it does not require an explicit search term to be typed into a search box. Instead, the software tool automatically scan through the content on your 'active window', derive the keywords from the active window, do a search in the background, and make available of top results in form of pulldown integrated on your active window top. The results are grouped into categories - web, news, product, blog, etc. Search terms and click on button is not necessarily required.

The advantage of Blinkx is to eliminate the search terms, a required element for the searchers before conducting a search. When you have less ability to come up with search terms or you do not have enough idea about what you should be looking up, Blinx is acting as a keyword suggestion tool without explicitly keyword recommendation. It simply does the search for you using the keyword it calculates appropriate.

I personally found it a neat idea to auto-search in the background for me, in any window, on any page. However, my iMac does not has the luxury to equip with it yet to try out for a longer time. With all the tools and information available, one neat tiny tool can possibly make a big difference. I'm not sure whether this tool will make a bid splash or not, but, this extension of Google Adsense type of relevant ads is start being applied to provide relevant information on the fly to users.