Kosmix, the search engine for various topics such as health and travel, has partnered with Revolution Health, the recently launched community for those looking for a way to manage their personal health care online.
Kosmix will be powering search for Revolution Health, in order to bring more relevant and up-to-date information regarding treatments, medical conditions and other health-related topics. The goal is to provide better search results than those you'd get from a general web search, and aims to give more targeted content with site-specific resources including articles and clinical trials. This is another example of how online communities can benefit from niche search engines that are more in line with what the end user needs. The progression of niche search engines continues to prove to be more useful in some cases than your average Google search, and can be even more so if there are social functions involved that can influence the results offered to the community at large.