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I Like Wink

Wink is an interesting new search engine. It allows users to search across many "tagging" sites, such as Digg and Del.icio.us, and rate the results. However, it also searches Google, and allows users to "rate" those results. I wish Google had a feature like this. It allows something other than an algorithm to help me determine the most useful results for a search.

Do I think Wink has a bright future? Who knows... But the functionality certainly is interesting. The search engines could learn a thing or two from this idea. Could a "rating" system be another way to help fight search engine spam?

I Like Wink

Wink is an interesting new search engine. It allows users to search across many "tagging" sites, such as Digg and Del.icio.us, and rate the results. However, it also searches Google, and allows users to "rate" those results. I wish Google had a feature like this. It allows something other than an algorithm to help me determine the most useful results for a search.

Do I think Wink has a bright future? Who knows... But the functionality certainly is interesting. The search engines could learn a thing or two from this idea. Could a "rating" system be another way to help fight search engine spam?

Yahoo! Buys Del.icio.us

That's right... Del.icio.us is now a part of the Yahoo! family. You can read more about it on the Del.icio.us blog, as well as on the Yahoo Search Blog. One of the first things happening seems to be work between Flickr and Del.icio.us. I can't wait to see the results!

Google, if you're listening, you'd better jump on the bandwagon. Flickr and Del.icio.us both belong to Yahoo now.

Yahoo! Buys Del.icio.us

That's right... Del.icio.us is now a part of the Yahoo! family. You can read more about it on the Del.icio.us blog, as well as on the Yahoo Search Blog. One of the first things happening seems to be work between Flickr and Del.icio.us. I can't wait to see the results!

Google, if you're listening, you'd better jump on the bandwagon. Flickr and Del.icio.us both belong to Yahoo now.

New Yahoo! Local

Yahoo! has launched a new version of local search, using some of their other technologies to beef up the content for each city. You can see a list of new features here.

Some highlights worth noting are: most popular local searches, user recommendations and events in your area (these events have RSS feeds).

This is really stepping up the game for local content, and I hope we'll see others follow suit.

Link via John Batelle.

New Yahoo! Local

Yahoo! has launched a new version of local search, using some of their other technologies to beef up the content for each city. You can see a list of new features here.

Some highlights worth noting are: most popular local searches, user recommendations and events in your area (these events have RSS feeds).

This is really stepping up the game for local content, and I hope we'll see others follow suit.

Link via John Batelle.

Playing Flickr?

The folks at Smart Mobs point to an interesting story about Restaurant 11 in Amsterdam that allows users to call up Flickr photos on the big screens in the club by sending an SMS message with a tag in it. You can check out some more pictures of that here, courtesy of the folks behind the screen installation, Mediamatic.

On a side note, did you know that Flickr was originally developed as a
massively-multiplayer online game? Check out this interview with
Flickr's Eric Costello.

Playing Flickr?

The folks at Smart Mobs point to an interesting story about Restaurant 11 in Amsterdam that allows users to call up Flickr photos on the big screens in the club by sending an SMS message with a tag in it. You can check out some more pictures of that here, courtesy of the folks behind the screen installation, Mediamatic.

On a side note, did you know that Flickr was originally developed as a massively-multiplayer online game? Check out this interview with Flickr's Eric Costello.

Technorati Redesign

Visit beta.technorati.com to check out the Technorati redesign.

One of the biggest changes is the much more prominent placement of revenue generating ads. This should be a huge boost for Technorati. In addition, Technorati now is blogging! They have a main blog, as well as a developer blog.

Overall, it looks to me like a great redesign...

Link via Threadwatch.

Technorati Redesign

Visit beta.technorati.com to check out the Technorati redesign.

One of the biggest changes is the much more prominent placement of revenue generating ads. This should be a huge boost for Technorati. In addition, Technorati now is blogging! They have a main blog, as well as a developer blog.

Overall, it looks to me like a great redesign...

Link via Threadwatch.