SWIRL Blog

November 20, 2025

The Confidence Economy: Don’t Be The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

The problem is no longer lack of data. It’s no longer an inability to retrieve data. Today’s problem is knowing which data to trust. It’s like the sorcerer’s apprentice commanded the broomstick to bring buckets of bits instead of buckets of water, but the result is much the same: data, data everywhere, with no time to stop and think.

June 7, 2023

Why Metasearch Matters to Today’s Enterprise

Curious about Metasearch and why your company should be using it to solve cross silo search problems? In this video Sid Probstein, creator of Swirl Metasearch, explains why it represents a game changer for the enterprise! In this video, Sid addresses a number of modern information challenges – from information overload and having too many tabs open, to the reality that...

May 31, 2023

Swirl Metasearch Features

Check out this short video in which Sid Probstein, creator of Swirl Metasearch, explains the main features of Swirl. This video goes by very quickly. Sid takes time to highlight a couple of key points: Here are a few things Sid left out: For more information, check out the Swirl User Guide. Search Developers, Data Engineers...

May 22, 2023

Introducing: Swirl Metasearch 2.0

We are delighted to announce the general availability of Swirl Metasearch 2.0! This major leap forward in functionality makes it easier than ever to solve cross-silo Enterprise Search problems quickly and securely — without extracting or moving any data. Swirl Metasearch 2.0 features enterprise-grade OAUTH2 support plus pre-configured connectors to Microsoft 365 Outlook, OneDrive, Teams and...

April 18, 2023

Why I Created Swirl Metasearch

I’ve been fortunate to work in search a few times now. And I believe it continues to be the most human way of interacting with data. But search changes constantly; Brin and Page were chasing the Star Trek computer; they ended up with an ad engine. Search is tricky, and not just because of the...