Eurekster's State of Search maps current trends in the search industry, explores the uncharted frontiers of search's future and surveys the landscape where marketing and search meet.
March 3, 2006
Now the colors you choose for your buzzcloud will be used for results pages too. Look for more control of the look and feel of the results page shortly allowing you to make your swicki look just the way you want it e.g. adding your own headers and footers etc.
March 4, 2006
Business 2.0 named us a Next Net 25 company this week. Last night Steven Marder, our CEO attended a roundtable with Om Malik and CEOs of the 24 other companies. Nice to get a the recognition. I'll post an update when I find out what they talked about.
The group.
March 17, 2006
As part of your swicki you can include search results from your own site or blog at the top of the search results. We now have a much improved service that will instantly start indexing your site or blog. While the indexing starts straight away it can take a couple of hours to complete. We have updated the index of all existing swickis too - it should be a big improvement so let us know how you find it.
March 20, 2006
The edit buzzcloud page has been updated so there are three columns of search tags:
We have a number of ideas for other features to give users more control over the buzzcloud so let us know your preferences.
Swicki owners will now receive emails notifications about new search tags that you may wish to add to your buzzcloud. We compile these lists of search tags from how people use your swicki and adding them will make the buzzcloud more interesting for your users. This is similar to how bloggers approve comments posted on their blog. By default your notifications will happen instantly but for busier swickis you can choose to get a daily or weekly summary of activity to approve.
March 28, 2006
Here are a few swickis I recommend checking out to get some creative fodder when making your next one as their results really are pretty phenominal. Techcrunch Swicki, PR Search Engine , and Somewhat Frank's search are just a few of the many thousands out there.
At the MIX06 conference last week I met another attendee, Matthew, who started a blog for his baby boy and in his words: The only web site dedicated to baby boys, their mamas and baby boy stuff, baby boy clothing, fun and funky products all about your baby boy which sells his favorite products and advice on .
So I told him about our self serve swicki product and he built it right there and attached it to his site in just 5 minutes. Matthew likes it because he can see what new keywords people go to his site to look for, what new items he may be missing from his blog, and overall it gives him creative fodder on what to write about next.
Colin Fitz-Gerald has built three swickis to shout "swicki" a bit more loudly from his rooftops. Not to be outdone, Donovan Watts has one for his own blog, one for hoop building, a great one for saving coral reefs, and one on becoming the media - looks like he's surely on his way.
The daily feedback ain't so bad either. Will Asrari says he prefers the dot net search engine while researching C#.
My Favorite Quote of the Week:
"When you first told me of Eurekster I registered the cloud "wind power" and virtually forgot about it. Three days ago it suddenly came alive. I made small changes to the search criterion and now have 10's of thousands of hits, about 50% relevant."
"...how can I invest in your company?"
So please make us happy and keep your swickis flowing and we'll write about you and promote your blog or site! :).
March 31, 2006
Eurekster has a record day of swickis generated with the Six Apart launch!