Jodange Top of Mind

(2.5 out of 5)

MSRP: $59 per month

Other search engines can deliver the news, but this one culls public figures’ opinions. Too bad it’s too pricey for most budgets.

Although traditional search engines have no problem serving us fact-based news articles, they stumble when it comes to opinions. What, for instance, has Alan Greenspan said about the economy over the past year? Jodange Top of Mind is a search engine that analyzes documents, providing digestible graphs and lists showing how leaders’ opinions have changed over time. It’s a niche area, to be sure, and too expensive for most consumers’ pocketbooks. But for students, scholars, businesses, investors, and people who are serious about their news, it’s an innovative tool. User Interface First things first: Jodange is free for only 30 days; thereafter, it costs $59 per month, which lets you track up to 15 areas of interest. (The company said that the monthly price could drop once more users sign up.) You cannot see the search interface until you sign up; once you do, the main screen is blue and white with a single search bar, which lists popular and recent searches underneath. In addition to specifying areas of interest that you’d like to track, you can create alerts, the results of which will appear on the main page beneath the search bar. You can set up alerts for opinion holders or for topics, and you can specify whether you want to receive word of positive, negative, neutral opinions, or any combination thereof.

Read Full Review @ LaptopMag.com by Dana Wollman