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The state of search

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.

January 2007

Eurekster listed as a top 100 private company by AlwaysOn

January 25, 2007

AlwaysOn Media100 Winner Logo


We're proud to announce being named as an AlwaysOn 100 top private company. Last week the AlwaysOn 100 list of winners was posted, click on the AlwaysOn 100 image above for the story or see our press release.

Next week, our CEO, Steven Marder, will be speaking in a CEO Showcase at the AlwaysOn Media Conference in New York. His showcase is titled “Next Generation Search” and is on Wednesday, 1/31 at 11:15am. While in New York, Steven will also be presenting at SIIA Previews on Monday, 1/29 at 2:15pm. If you’re in the area and can attend either or both events, come have a listen…

New community features to improve your swicki

January 31, 2007

This is a quick note to let you know about a great new "Community Features" in your swicki.

It is estimated that people find what they want from general search engines only 40-70% of the time. We want to make that closer to 100% and your swicki's new tools will allow your community members to fill in any gaps in the search results.

Your swicki uses the information you give it, along with the best indexing technologies, to gather search results about your topic. No matter how good the automatic tools it uses, there will still be gaps that you and other experts can now easily fill. This means your swicki can become the definitive search destination on the web for "NFL Search Engine".

Your swicki's users can now:

-Vote for results directly on a new results page
-Easily write an answer directly into the search results (see the "Write your own search result" link at the top of the swicki results page).
-Use the new WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor for writing great looking search results, including: URL links and embedded video.
-See a list of unanswered questions that includes search terms people have searched for or asked on your swicki but didn't find good answers for.
-Subscribe to your swicki for the latest questions and answers using your swicki's RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed.

As moderator, you can:
-Click on the "write an answer" link beside each new search term in your Buzzcloud activity emails to quickly write answers.
-Approve or exclude answers contributed by your community members.
Search is becoming increasingly verticalized and our aim is to help you use your expertise to turn your swicki into a valuable and useful search engine and to help you earn your part of the multi-billion-dollar search industry.

We always appreciate your feedback so let us know your thoughts. Send all feedback to swickifeedback@eurekster.com.