How does this differentiate from using 'google site:ycombinator.com [search this]'? I've never had a problem searching for what I wanted using google's site option. i.e. I have 334 HN threads saved in my profile; googling 'site:ycombinator.com mllk' results in 326 entries found. I haven't used the application yet so, of course this is my prebias speaking, but I never really saw a point for redoing a site search besides the idea for using a different index.
Here are a few of ways adding the site-specific search on the right is helpful:
1) If you frequently find yourself referring to sites like Amazon or Wikipedia, or indeed Hacker News now, to find information on particular topics. WebMynd saves you a step. You don't need to navigate there or craft your query in a particular way.
2) If you don't realize that a particular site or source could have useful information on a particular topic. With this toolbar you don't have to remember or think to check, you will be presented results from your favourite sources for each query you do.
3) It increases the amount of information on the page and so increases the chance you'll find exactly what you want.
Bear in mind that while the Hacker News search is currently powered by Google's site specific search, most of the other sources WebMynd provides use the sources' own search engines. Which means they may include results which Google does not readily surface.
I haven't tried WebMynd yet (will do so). But, from the FAQ,
"Some people call the WebMynd browsing history a DVR for the web - it saves and records the pages you see online so you can find what you have seen before faster:"
This sounds very similar to what InfoAxe is trying to do. Has anyone here tried InfoAxe? How different are these services?
