Search can be put into instant messaging, says start-up Kozoru, as long as you eliminate a lot of the excess stuff.

The US-based company has devised a service that allows consumers to conduct searches from inside a chat client.

The trick is that consumers don't get 19 pages of search results in response to a query, a wad of data that would make the average avatar roll his or her eyes in resignation. Instead, users select their sources in advance - Wikipedia, news sites, shopping sites, etc. Kozoru then conducts a general search on one of the major search engines, extracts the relevant links from the pre-selected sources, and delivers them into the chat window.

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