tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63628532011-04-21T18:52:46.143-07:00eureksterblogEurekster is going to be the biggest thing to blow up since Paris Hilton. But, it'll have the longevity of google. So, in the fashion of the <a href="http://paris-hilton-video.blogspot.com">Paris Hilton video blog</a> and the <a href="http://google.blogspace.com/">unofficial google weblog</a>, I am starting a blog to track Eurekster. This is in no way affiliated with Eurekster.Peternoreply@blogger.comBlogger1681100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1082741296199096062004-04-23T10:28:00.000-07:002004-04-23T10:32:39.216-07:00We're Moving Actually, We're Expanding.
I may update this weblog from time to time, but most likely I will be talking about Eureskter on a new personal blog I am starting using typepad. Reading through this blog, you'll see that I didn't entirely focus on eurekster. However, I did keep it focussed to the topics of search, personalization and general web geekery. I've found that this was a bit Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1081789791728388942004-04-12T10:09:00.000-07:002004-04-12T10:13:45.640-07:00EureskterBlog Search Rank
The eureksterblog is one of the top 20 search terms on eurekster. Makes Sense. About Time.
Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1081789447128293692004-04-12T10:04:00.000-07:002004-04-12T10:08:01.123-07:00Mozilla/Firefox Extension for Eurekster Toolbar
Here it is. Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1081429985337371532004-04-08T06:13:00.000-07:002004-04-08T06:16:53.560-07:00Spreading Memes
Participate in The Memespread Project
What is it? Here's what he says:What is the Memespread Project? I am conducting an experiment about the spread of memes and information flow on the Internet. By analyzing where a link has been injected into the blogspace and then watching the ensuing hits to that site, the temporal and spatial spread of this piece of information can be Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1080835571797649732004-04-01T08:06:00.000-08:002004-04-01T08:09:50.590-08:00Everyone's an Editor
Check out Nick Denton's new creation, Kinja, the weblog guide.
Create your own public "digests" of the sites you like. Its like a public newsreader. This is pretty damn smart. I can't believe its the first of its kind. Anyone else know of anything like it? Oh, The world of RSS is exciting. Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1080832793775660612004-04-01T07:19:00.000-08:002004-04-01T07:23:32.390-08:00Ed Sims explains what Outride's Approach to Search Personalization Was
Ed Sims is a VC who seeded Outride, the spin-out from Xerox-Parc that was gobbled up by google. He explains what Outride did. I guess their approach was to learn from user and workgroup's behavior similar to eurekster's approach. He also mentions that the comparison I wrote yesterday of google personalized vs eurekster was "Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1080831765036511242004-04-01T07:02:00.000-08:002004-04-01T07:06:23.810-08:00A Random Search Group
I think search groups will help eurekster spread more virally than the private network component of Eurekster. The motivation for inviting someone to join a search group, is less about ego or building a network that can be leveraged later, but more about working together for a common cause. In other words, it is a bit more altruistic to invite someone to join a group, than Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1080745230732137632004-03-31T07:00:00.000-08:002004-03-31T07:04:08.153-08:00Paul Allen (the lesser) Asks Some Good Questions About Search Personalization
He quests:
The most significant Google news, however, is not the current design change. It is this quote in a Reuters press release:
"Today, Google takes the first step in providing personal search results based on users' preferences," Google co-founder and President Larry Page said in a statement.
This is a major Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1080744430128131272004-03-31T06:47:00.000-08:002004-03-31T06:50:47.060-08:00According to Reveries, Kevin Maney says Google Stinks
According to the article,Eric Schmidt is talking the personalization talk. Too bad Google Personalized isn't cutting that mustard. The piece by Tim Manners talks about Eurekster as an alternative to non-personalized services.
The piece also quote Eric Schmidt And Kevin Maney saying:
It's not that Google doesn't understand the problem. Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1080669772640448102004-03-30T10:02:00.000-08:002004-03-30T10:06:28.826-08:00Marketing Wonk on Google Getting Personal
I happen to agree with their take on privacy and personalization: But if everyone could get over this annoying privacy paranoia, it would be great to see how much better the results would with a long-term profile based not just on keywords searched, but also links clicked. Or, even better, what people clicked on... and then didn't hit the back button.
Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1080664878583611792004-03-30T08:41:00.000-08:002004-03-30T08:44:54.326-08:00Wired article on the Search Frontier
Article on new search developments covers the usual, including Eurekster. Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1080660423998524882004-03-30T07:27:00.000-08:002004-03-30T07:38:39.763-08:00Eurekster vs Personalized Google
I've been checking out the personalized google and am a bit confused about it. It may be that I just need to get used to it, but I am initially unimpressed.
My first complaint is that there is no login associated with personalization. Therefore, I need to personalize every computer I work on.
Second, I have no idea how it works. Every personalized website inPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1080279711940557852004-03-25T21:41:00.000-08:002004-03-25T21:45:21.390-08:00Noam Choamsky
I know this has nothing to do with Eurekster or even search engines, but it is awesome. Noam Chomsky is blogging. I had the honor of shaking his hand last year. He is an amazing man. His blog is appropriately called Turning the Tide.Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1080244963774389222004-03-25T12:02:00.000-08:002004-03-25T12:06:13.216-08:00Eurekster Buzz
Its been awhile since I reported on the buzz around eurekster. It is definitely still growing. Overture keyword suggestion tool shows that 353 searches were performed on their network for the term, eurekster in the month of February.
The Waypath Buzz Meter:
Alexa Ranking
Alexa Ranking.
GooglePeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1080178941655271412004-03-24T17:42:00.000-08:002004-03-25T06:04:06.576-08:00Andy Beal interviews Grant Ryan
Both in my Eurekster network, Andy is Vice President of Search Marketing for KeywordRanking.com and ProRanking.com and Grant Ryan is CEO of Eureskter.
It is a quick article. The best questions and statements have to do with privacy and personalization:
Beal: If search engine users gave up a little of their privacy and allowed their search habits to be Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1080161599064354942004-03-24T12:53:00.000-08:002004-03-24T12:59:15.200-08:0011 Members in the Eurekster Fan Club.
I created a search group on Eurekster called the "Eurekster Fan Club". I can't imagine what I will search on other than for sites that talk about eurekster, but I figured it'd be cool to have a group for it. 11 others, who have stumbled upon it, happen to agree. Join Now!Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1080135812611188192004-03-24T05:43:00.000-08:002004-03-24T05:46:59.780-08:00Red Rover, Red Rover, I call Google Over.
When the new yahoo search algorithm launched, the eurekster blog was one of the top results for the keyword eurekster. At that time, google ranked it above 32, never to be found. Over time, it has drifted way down on yahoo. Now, however, it is the fifth result on google. A quick look at langreiter's, google/yahoo comparison tool, shows that it isn'tPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1080061597032948542004-03-23T09:06:00.000-08:002004-03-23T09:10:47.920-08:00Google CEO on Social Search and Eurekster
From the Search Engine Journal, Google to Integrate Orkut into Search?
Google CEO Eric Schmidt commented on the integration of Google’s Orkut social networking service into Google search results withing the year. CNet reports that Schmidt, speaking at the PC Forum conference in Scottsdale, AZ, announced the intended move without a set timeframe, addingPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1080061175494236482004-03-23T08:59:00.000-08:002004-03-23T09:03:02.060-08:00MailWasher ToolBar has Eurekster Search.
Check it outPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1080055951658863172004-03-23T08:33:00.000-08:002004-03-23T08:33:49.936-08:00Olaf Brugman on Eurekster
Via his blog, Knowledge Bridge, Olaf Brugman comments on Eurekster. Olaf has a lot of questions. I am gonna guess he is a glass half empty kind of guy on his blog, but a glass half full guy in the real world. He is critical, but he asks a lot of probing questions.
I am going to attempt to add some answers and thoughts.
How exactly does the ranking and relevance Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1080050551218762642004-03-23T06:02:00.000-08:002004-03-23T06:09:22.576-08:00Search Groups I moderate.
There's a cool feature with search groups that only the moderator can see: the number of people in the search group. (I think everyone should be able to see it.) Anyways, the groups that I moderate have the following number of people:
Experiential Marketing searchgroup: 11 (thanks to Katherine Stone)
Blogging for Business searchgroup: 3
Microsoft.NET searchgroup: 9
Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1080007995990828712004-03-22T18:13:00.000-08:002004-03-22T18:16:41.543-08:00New Website For SLI Systems
The "learning technology" behind Eurekster is owned by SLI Systems.
They've sharpened up their website.Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1080007565740045972004-03-22T18:06:00.000-08:002004-03-22T18:11:22.420-08:00Grant Ryan and Network Density on Eurekster
Grant Ryan, the CEO of eureskter/realcontacts, joined my Eurekster Network. Before he joined my network, I had 36 | 147 | 1122 people in my 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree networks, respectively. Afterwards, it was 37 | 343 | 2030. He added 214 people to my 2nd degree network and 908 people to my 3rd degree network. The average person in my network has 4.08 Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1079533066205146232004-03-22T08:16:00.000-08:002004-03-22T08:25:23.186-08:00Testing Eurekster Search Box.
There are 22 people that have joined the social software search group. Check it out if you want to know what's the newest buzz about social software is.
Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1079959554324484592004-03-22T04:45:00.000-08:002004-03-22T04:49:18.810-08:00Eurekster Search Groups are Live
Check it out: eurekster search. More soonPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1079804629121994022004-03-20T09:43:00.000-08:002004-03-20T09:47:11.013-08:00Will TypeKey Do what Microsoft Couldn't?
TypeKey is a new service from six apart, makers of movable type. They are introducing a universal login that can be used in movable type weblogs in order to eliminate comment spam. They also have plans to allow other sites use the authentication functionality for their site. This looks similar to Microsoft .NET's attempt, called passport, that lives on Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1079757129532691302004-03-19T20:32:00.000-08:002004-03-19T20:37:15.246-08:00Eurekster no longer uses Alltheweb results
Doing a little detective work, I realized that Eurekster no longer uses the alltheweb index as the basis for their results. Wondering what index they are using, I made a few guesses. I checked altavista and yahoo and realized they are significantly different from the eureskter results too. I checked msn and there it was: the same results as eurekster +Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1079754275561118452004-03-19T19:44:00.000-08:002004-03-19T19:47:56.810-08:00Eurekster needs the Freshest Index
I've said this before. My attraction to Eurekster is that I can discover memes quicker. And that Eurekster could help me determine the most popular stuff on the web and in certain social networks in a more precise and quicker way than currently available. Eurekster should work with feedster and introduce a blog search. They'd then be the blogdex for specific Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1079753943084813002004-03-19T19:39:00.000-08:002004-03-19T19:44:59.670-08:00Re-Rank Websites on Eurekster
I have been playing with Eurekster Search Groups, probably a bit more extensively than their average beta tester. They've introduced a re-ranking tool for search groups. First, anyone can create a search group and invite anyone else to join. The search group is then a community of people interested in the same topic that search and rerank websites based on the Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1079709523920596092004-03-19T07:18:00.000-08:002004-03-19T07:23:54.920-08:00Compare Google and Yahoo Search Results at one Site
I've seen this all over. This site shows google and yahoo's search results along two lines and shows where sites that are indexed by both engines show up in terms of their placement on each engine. My Eurekster, Brad Fallon , has a good example and explanation of it using his wife's wedding favor site.
Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-107962896653408932004-03-18T08:56:00.000-08:002004-03-18T09:01:09.483-08:00Chris Allen Got Promoted
I linked to an excellent post below by Chris Allen less than a half hour ago in the post below about unrequited Eurekster Requests. I left a comment on Chris Allen's blog with a pointer to the post. And he added me to his Eurekster Network. Subsequently, I promoted him to the Eurekster Network Blogroll from My Unrequited One. Thanks for the love, Chris. Def read Chris'sPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1079625215712697342004-03-18T07:53:00.000-08:002004-03-18T09:02:20.310-08:00My Unrequited Eurekster Network BlogRoll
I've added a blogroll for the people that I have invited to join my Eurekster Network that haven't responded. It isn't complete, since I don't feel like going back and finding their blogs and adding all of them at this point. My plan is to gradually add them from past rejections and to add people as I invite them. If they join, I'll move them to my Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1079621444492473072004-03-18T06:50:00.000-08:002004-03-18T06:54:04.153-08:00ViewPoint Search Bar
I tried the ViewPoint Search bar today and it screwed up my system. I had alexa, yahoo, ask, google and eurekster toolbars installed. I had to uninstall them all to get IE to launch.Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1079450765956083362004-03-16T07:26:00.000-08:002004-03-16T07:30:27.920-08:00Eurekster is a Networking Tool for Information Hounds
The Eurekster contact network makes it a bit easier to collect friends and build a network. I don't hesitate to send an invite to join my eurekster network. Whereas, if I just wanted to introduce myself to a blogger for the sake of saying hi and/or initiating a relationship or conversation, I may have hesitated before Eurekster. Eurekster Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1079448581259640652004-03-16T06:49:00.000-08:002004-03-16T07:29:37.466-08:00Microsoft's Robert Scoble on the future of Search and Social Software.
Excellent article found Found via my Eureskter network member, Ian Kennedy. Written by Andy Beal, one of my eureksters too.
Scoble talks about the future WinFS, a new MS system for embedding contact data which makes it accessible to other developers. Also, according to Scoble, feedster and technorati are leading the way forPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1079445877595501002004-03-16T06:04:00.000-08:002004-03-16T06:12:57.560-08:00Cool Feature on Toolbar.
I downloaded my sixth toolbar, MSN. Way to lead the pack, Microsoft. I believe they launched it a little while ago, but they recently placed it next to the hotmail link on the msn homepage navigation. Probably, an indication from MSN that promoting their search capabilities is as critical as providing free email.
Anyways, the feature that I discovered that I think isPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1079361317456930992004-03-15T06:35:00.000-08:002004-03-15T06:38:32.560-08:00Everybody else is linking to It.
Here's another me-too article on the new search engine upstarts.
Stefanie Olsen has this to say about Eurekster.
Search upstarts storm Google's gates | CNET News.com: "Newly launched search engine Eurekster is designed to take advantage of social networking to deliver results of a more personal nature. It lets people create a social network using the engine toPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1079319860933678062004-03-14T19:04:00.000-08:002004-03-14T19:07:35.686-08:00You don't Know Where I've been, Lou. You don't know where I've been
That's a quote from Fight Club. Insert any other search engine but Eurekster for "Lou" to make the title relevant to this post. Eurekster stores the sites that I've visited and relates them to the terms that I searched for them. I've created a search group called Microsoft.NET and since I've been programming in ASP.NET, I've Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1079113745778548242004-03-12T15:48:00.000-08:002004-03-12T15:48:41.263-08:00holy SHizneT: Eurekster and Real Contacts Share Login/Authentication DB
Eric Jones pointed out that Eureskter and RealContacts share a customer DB. What does everyone think?
Eric thinks: (email published with permission)
I just noticed that when I went to the realcontacts site my eurekster
account works, I also get to see my groups etc in a visual manner and for
those looking for jobs it's Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1079069943416269962004-03-11T21:39:00.000-08:002004-03-11T21:42:13.746-08:00Stumble Upon toolbar: The cool web site finderPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1079068931186379492004-03-11T21:22:00.000-08:002004-03-11T21:25:21.716-08:00Join Eric Jones' Eurekster Network and Win 1 Million Dollars
I hope I win. Fingers Crossed.
Seriously, though. He says Eurekster is the first social network with a purpose beyond impressing other people with how many other people you know. I don't know if I'd be that dramatic, but Eurekster definitely has purpose to it. Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1079067420484974432004-03-11T20:57:00.000-08:002004-03-11T21:05:25.716-08:00The Search Groups That I Belong To on Eurekster:
Event Promotion: anyone interested in spreading the word about (promoting) events. (eg nightlife, concerts, trade ...
Experiential Marketing: A focus on creating fresh connections between brands and consumers out in the world where things ...
I love WhizSpark: who loves (or doesn't love) whizspark.com
search search: searches by people who arePeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1079054586721885032004-03-11T17:23:00.000-08:002004-03-11T17:26:17.013-08:00Eurekster Back with Some New Tricks.
As I leaked before, Eurekster is back with some new changes currently in Beta: SEARCH GROUPS. I have been asked to help out with testing and am honored. Nana Nana Poo-Poo if you haven't. Just Kidding. They've asked me not to post the password, but since it is a tool that requires a network to test it, send me an email and I'll send you the beta password. I Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1079044686188753592004-03-11T14:38:00.000-08:002004-03-11T14:41:16.263-08:00Eurekster's Buzz
Eurekster's Launch Buzz was steep and died down pretty quickly. There is some renewed interest in Eurekster this week, though. I wonder if this is attributable to the new impending group functionality.
Here's an alexa ranking graph of some of the new engines:
Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1078852900708284432004-03-09T09:21:00.000-08:002004-03-09T09:33:37.450-08:00Red Herrring Reports on Search Industry
Registration Required. Eureskter is covered in this article. Also, talks about local search, search clustering, search visualization and enterprise search. Worth the Read.
Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1078763952657061902004-03-08T08:39:00.000-08:002004-03-08T08:44:31.140-08:00The big 4 + Eurekster on Search Personalization
Brian Morrissey at DMNews covers the limited info that the big search engines (yahoo, google, aol, ask + eurekster) are releasing about personalization plans.
The article reports that yahoo has the advantage because of its "deep relationship." However, there are no concrete ways in which they are going to implement revealed in this article.
Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1078753422693923592004-03-08T05:43:00.000-08:002004-03-08T05:46:48.093-08:00Stowe Boyd with something original to Say, as Usual
He concludes that some sort of Social Network Analysis will drive the next generation of search performance after quoting Andy Beal's interview with Ask Jeeves' Jim Lanzone, VP Products. Boyd highlights Lanzone's emphasis on Smart Search as a version of social network analysis: Identifying the authorities on the web for a specific topic and Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1078752834788581642004-03-08T05:33:00.000-08:002004-03-08T05:37:00.296-08:00ViralMeister Checks out Eureskter.
Ponders whether Eurekster will give google a run for their money. Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1078752632785068992004-03-08T05:30:00.000-08:002004-03-08T05:37:41.733-08:00Search Engine Journal Weighs in on Eurekster and How SEO's will need to adapt to Search Customization.
The validity of the truism about competition driving innovation and producing better products and innovations is demonstrated by the number of new services and innovations introduced over the past twelve months. Search is becoming far more technical and, in many ways, far more specific. Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1078752397327693992004-03-08T05:26:00.000-08:002004-03-08T05:57:00.043-08:00Michael Bazely Covers the Coming Personalized Search Space.
Michael interviewed me by telephone for this one. I guess I didn't say anything brilliant enough to be quoted, though. It is a good article. He highlights Eurekster. He also goes into depth about using implicit monitoring and explicit profile information for customizing search.
He makes the point clear that the big 3 are looking Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1078751974923227492004-03-08T05:19:00.000-08:002004-03-08T05:23:32.873-08:00Yahoo to compete with Eurekster?
Marketing Wonk reports "Yahoo plans on letting people search communally together over Instant Messenger." Is this an affirmation by yahoo that Eurekster is on to something? How will this implementation differ from Eurekster? Will Eurekster be involved? Will IM be the platform for social networking applications? IM certainly has the advantage of presence Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1078750503690349442004-03-08T04:55:00.000-08:002004-03-08T04:58:08.733-08:00Eurekster Got Groups
Yo. Looks like Eurekster is beta launching some new functionality that they've been talking about with the press including GROUPS. This is what everyone has been asking for. Looking forward to some good conversations with people about it. More soon...
Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1078439148189740042004-03-04T14:25:00.000-08:002004-03-04T14:33:13.373-08:00Jupiter Analyst Calls AdSense a 'House of Cards' via traffick.com
We've been using Google's adsense program at WhizSpark for awhile now. We've seen some revenue when we get traffic spikes and will continue to use it. This article talks about how search engine text ads perform better than contextual ads based on conversion rates. The article reports that some experts suggest that a separate Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1078427527206771742004-03-04T11:12:00.000-08:002004-03-04T11:15:07.746-08:00Background on Focus Interactive
An excellent article on Focus Interactive. The point that jumped out at me was how they married online sweepstakes as incentives for users to use a portal and search. There are a lot of people who are attracted to sweepstakes and contests and if people can win chances by doing the things they do anyways, they are more than happy to. Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1078425974835365912004-03-04T10:46:00.000-08:002004-03-04T11:02:16.966-08:00Ask Jeeves Makes Powerplay
Ask Jeeves Makes $343 Million Acquisition of privately held Interactive Search Holdings. This doubles their market share of the search space with excite, my way and iwon, gives them a loyalty type program with iwon and an online marketing agency and network with maxonline. I'd say they are well suited to be a very desirable online marketing outlet.
This article Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-107841095944004132004-03-04T06:35:00.000-08:002004-03-04T06:40:30.826-08:00The death of AltaVista and AlltheWeb
According to this article, yahoo plans to keep the alltheweb and altavista websites, but they will deliver the same results from the same index as yahoo. What does this mean for eureskter? I imagine they will eventually get the new yahoo results too. My conclusion from using and comparing eurekster(alltheweb index) to google and the new yahoo, is that it is Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1077728837778201582004-02-25T09:07:00.000-08:002004-02-25T09:10:07.233-08:00Silicon ValleyPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1077462267529411652004-02-22T07:04:00.000-08:002004-02-22T18:44:52.403-08:00Eurekster Invites Get Caught in the Spam Trap
Although a stupid solution, hotmail throws any email that is from an online email service that wasn't sent via the online email service's servers, into the junk mail box. When I recently received my first invite as a result of someone reading the eureksterblog, it was from an email service called pobox, but obviously sent from eurekster's servers. ItPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1077307696273659932004-02-20T12:08:00.000-08:002004-02-20T12:13:03.090-08:00Nevermind. I am gonna keep prognosticating.
Yours truly was highlighted in searchenginewatch's search engine forums spotlight which is sent to a huge mailing list and prominent on searchenginewatch.com. Chris Sherman highlights a post I started at the highrankings.com forum on what's the next step with search engines. The thread is worth a perusal as it sparked a moderately interesting Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1077301221003729672004-02-20T10:20:00.000-08:002004-02-20T12:14:01.983-08:00Premature Prognositication
So, I suck. I have a lot of work to do before my prognostications are worth reading. I blogged the advent of the Eureksterbomb. But it was more like a Eureksterfirework, and a dud at that.
Steve Johnston emailed me the number of referrers from eurekster to one of the popular searches on the popular search page at eurekster, ferrari enzo prints. He emailed me to Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1077284343152495582004-02-20T05:39:00.000-08:002004-02-20T05:43:55.420-08:00Refinding Information via Eurekster
I've noticed that my daily web tracks have been beaten into Eurekster. More clearly, the sites I visit every day, show up on my friends' recent searches and site lists on Eurekster. This is a great benefit. I visit the same pages/blogs everyday. I read a lot of blogs, think about different posts and then blog about them or quote them while blogging later on.Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1077207556425644272004-02-19T08:19:00.000-08:002004-02-19T08:21:57.483-08:00The eureksterblog gets props from new yahoo search at #5 search result for keyword "eurekster".
I just posted this over at the highrankings.com forum. Using my Eureksterblog search result stature to figure out the new yahoo algorithm.
It seems like yahink is the new term for the new yahoo search. Here are some other possible words. I thought these were more clever inkhoo (ink who? - because Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1077149123504647192004-02-18T16:05:00.000-08:002004-02-18T16:09:38.750-08:00Google Testing Related Searches
Google is testing related search terms in blogger ads. They must be testing the effectiveness of serving related searches on blogger, Driving traffic back to the mother ship. I wonder what they plan to do with that next. Related Searches in the likes of Vivisimo and Teoma are a bit overdue at google. Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1077142534205555122004-02-18T14:15:00.000-08:002004-02-18T14:18:39.090-08:00Google morphs into an ad serving company.
From deliver-ers of truth, delivering us from corporate evil.. Google plans to sell out to the advertisers. In an interview by Editor & Publisher found via John Battelle, Brin hints to Yahoo's goal of serving ads beyond the text variety. Battelle warns Doubleclick of the impending competition and/or posits a possible acquisition of the undervalued Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1077141094912296412004-02-18T13:51:00.000-08:002004-02-18T13:54:14.373-08:00Eureksterblog on blogshares.
I don't know enough about blogshares. I haven't spent enough time on it. However, doing a yahoo search, I discovered that the eureksterblog is listed there. Interesting. I guess its a little different than the real markets: the owner doesn't have to know about it being listed and I don't get any shares. I am honored nonetheless. Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1077140484166574962004-02-18T13:41:00.000-08:002004-02-18T14:30:59.123-08:00Yahoo's new Search Algorithm.
Yahoo officially switched off google and turned on something, based on my early experiments, is better than google in terms of relevancy. Based on rumors/news, they've been using inktomi technology but creating an entirely new crawl/index.
A search for Eurekster gives the Eureksterblog as a fifth result among 47,300 results on yahoo. On google the eureksterblogPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1077035762382075172004-02-17T08:36:00.000-08:002004-02-17T08:38:40.420-08:00Garrett French does some Yahoo Search Snooping
Want a sneak peak at the new yahoo search results by altavista.
Here is how. It is pretty exciting stuff. Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1077032725359506922004-02-17T07:45:00.000-08:002004-02-17T07:48:03.216-08:00Feedster and Technorati
Scoble's Prediction: Watch Technorati and Feedster. He uses them more and more for searching. I agree. I do too.
Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1077030435064923632004-02-17T07:07:00.000-08:002004-02-17T07:09:53.403-08:00Personalization is Coming. Personalization is Coming.
">This article, by Stefanie Olsen at CNET, reports Yahoo's, Google's and MSN's plans to introduce personalization. Not much new for the informed search engine industry insider, but here is a good run down of what the big 3 are planning.
Yahoo spokeswoman Diana Lee said that the company plans to introduce personalized search sometime thisPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076972576141716442004-02-16T15:02:00.000-08:002004-02-16T15:11:19.763-08:00Suck is a censored word on Eurekster.
If you do a search for "Eurekster suck" on Eurekster, it gets censored. It is most likely because of the pornography filter and not some semantic PR filtering tool because "Eurekster Blows" and "stuck without the t is censored on Eureskter" are both searches that are propogated to my friends.
Disclaimer: I do not think that Eurester blows or sucks. Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076972252666820032004-02-16T14:57:00.000-08:002004-02-16T15:15:03.373-08:00# of Searches for Eurekster on Overture Network.
Overture finally updated their Search Term Suggestion Tool to have January's results. 405 people searched for Eurekster in January. 36 searches were performed for "eurekster suck". Interesting. There were no searches for "Eurekster Great". Very interesting how people respond to innovation- Change is Bad. As I posted previously, 32 searches Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076961982105200042004-02-16T12:06:00.000-08:002004-02-16T12:51:32.483-08:00Ebay experiments with Vivisimo Vivisimo experiments with ebay API.
Looks like Ebay is testing Vivisimo. Very cool. Now, I don't have to guess which camera brand is most popular, Vivisimo automatically clusters by brand and other criteria.
Update: Found out Vivisimo is using Ebay's API to deliver the results. Battelle ponders whether ebay will respond. This demonstrates the power of an API. Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076961402118218682004-02-16T11:56:00.000-08:002004-02-16T14:40:13.060-08:00Search Beyond Google.
In Wade Roush's article in MIT's Technology Review, Search Beyond Google, he doesn't mention Eurekster. However, he does touch on both dipsie's, mooter's and microsoft's search efforts.
As is described by Roush, Mooter uses user behavior similar to Eurekster to improve relevancy of search results. It also uses clustering technology to group results, similar to vivisimo.Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076881296933884902004-02-15T13:41:00.000-08:002004-02-15T13:47:10.640-08:00A new meta-search engine.
I stumbled on brightbutton.com by following a link with the title, ferrari, from eurekster's popular sites page as I mentioned in my previous post below. I checked out brightbutton and was initially pleasantly surprised. It is a meta-search engine that portends to have some intelligence on top of it. This is from their about page:
This is what BrightButton.com does Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076683183015740742004-02-13T06:39:00.000-08:002004-02-13T06:43:16.170-08:00More on meme spreading and Eurekster.
Not sure if I am the only that is excited about this. Eurekster is definitely a tool for spreading memes. Earlier this week I wrote how two searches I initiated spread across the user base at Eurekster. "Seth Godin" and "ferrari enzo prints". However, when I wrote about it, there were no corresponding sites in the "popular sites". Now there is. The Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076612535221100672004-02-12T11:02:00.000-08:002004-02-12T11:09:09.733-08:00Brad Fallon blogs Eurekster and the Eureksterblog.
One of my Eureksters, Brad Fallon, and Internet Marketing guru has blogged about Eurekster and the EureksterBlog.
He has some positive predictions to make about Eurekster. (I am not the only one). He gives it a chance of success because:
It has alltheweb powering the results
he believes that his network can help to deliver more relevant Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076541324424536622004-02-11T15:21:00.000-08:002004-02-11T15:21:04.030-08:00Ross Mayfield on Eurekster.
Link This post has been hiding on me. Just found it now, rather circuitously.
Some good links from him on this post. Here's a post about social search he wrote pre-Eurekster.
Micah Alpern's Blogsearch tool is the Ecosystem of Networks in action. On the right margin of my homepage you can now search the web, this weblog and the weblogs I read. Searching the webPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076528051491228752004-02-11T11:47:00.000-08:002004-02-11T11:48:57.670-08:00Its official: Eurekster is a meme spreader: The advent of the EureksterBomb.
Of course, I don't have the hard data that Eurekster could provide. But, I think I've initiated some memes on Eurekster.
Seth Godin showed up in the "everyone else's top searches" after I blogged about him, searched for him on eurekster, visited his site, and then this was repeated by my network as evidenced by the Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076527223119897442004-02-11T11:20:00.000-08:002004-02-11T11:24:11.780-08:00Eurekster MisSpellings
I was just wondering how many people actually know how to spell eurekster: eureskter, urekster, ureekster, ureeksir, youwreaksir, yourweaksir, youreekstir, youreakster, youreakstir, urektser, eurekstir. I am sure the list could go on and on. Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076510481454897642004-02-11T06:41:00.000-08:002004-02-11T06:56:15.576-08:00Tempo: Context Sensitive Searching based on User Clicks
Awhile ago, I noticed a post at ethomaz.com. Thomaz mentioned that he developed an engine that did the same thing Eurekster did. He recently sent me a link to the paper he published while at MIT's Media Lab, showing that he did experiment with this technique.
The paper says that the technique does work in some cases. Thomaz used the Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076444821174674162004-02-10T12:27:00.000-08:002004-02-10T12:29:29.843-08:00EureksterBlog is ranked 77th search result on google for search term eurekster.
The other day it was 369th. Presumably, some of the latest mentions from Teledyn, Steve Johnston, socialtwister.com, the eurekster newspage and a few others have increased the relevancy of the blog.
It still isn't showing up on alltheweb. There are only 67 results for eurekster on alltheweb compared to 37,100 Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076431827817030962004-02-10T08:50:00.000-08:002004-02-11T14:50:46.030-08:00Community building through blogging
Social Software guru, Sebastien Paquet, ponders whether online communities without blogging functionality would benefit from a dedicated blogger/journalist? (on many-to-many) He points to Lee LeFever, who had the original thought. I think they are right on about this.
An excerpt from Lee:
For instance, weblogs could play a significant role in helping Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076425536975072142004-02-10T07:05:00.000-08:002004-02-10T07:29:29.466-08:00Eurekster on top of Grub
I realize that "Eurekster on grub" sounds either like two insects mating to form a new breed or some type of strange African meal. However, a discussion on highrankings.com I was particpating in got me to thinking about how eurekster has a fraction of the costs of operating a search engine that google, inktomi and alltheweb have because eureskter doesn't have to crawl Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076389074197712272004-02-09T20:57:00.000-08:002004-02-09T21:00:22.373-08:00My latest Eurekster Stats
I invited a whole mess of people today. I used technorati's new blog search tool (equivalent to feedster) to find some people that have blogged about eurekster. And I sent them invitations to join my network.
Here's my new numbers:
1st degree network: 22
2nd degree network: 124
3rd degree network: 1056 Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076381089989637672004-02-09T18:59:00.000-08:002004-02-09T19:00:47.623-08:00How could Eurekster change SEO practices?
Building on my selfish reason to start Eureksterblog post, I had the following brain fart. If Eurekster becomes a popular search engine, how will SEO's need to adapt.
Trying to get the eureksterblog indexed by the alltheweb is not the easiest thing. I know that one practice that SEO's and the non-professional site owners (like myself) use is Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076365293546199782004-02-09T14:21:00.000-08:002004-02-09T14:27:23.530-08:00Privacy on Eurekster.
Because eurekster makes something that was once private (more aptly, shared with a search engine company only), the issue of privacy is automatically raised. The first complaint from bloggers about eurekster is privacy. However, I believe that most of the people that quickly complain, are alarmists that have not spent enough time using it to actually see how Eurekster Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-107633511875807212004-02-09T05:58:00.000-08:002004-02-09T13:23:38.716-08:00My porn blocker post sparks a censorship/truth vs privacy discussion.
Peter raises an important point about the nature of our new public identities -- they are tremendously exposed in ways that we might not think relevant. In a manner similiar to my first thoughts on Orkut, Eurekster essentially openly uses your social network to attach and relate information its algorithms think relevant. Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076190423184819822004-02-07T13:47:00.000-08:002004-02-07T13:53:16.263-08:00Testing the Porn Blocker
If you haven't read all of my long-winded posts, you wouldn't know that Eurekster doesn't propogate porn-related searches to your friend in order to help eliminate awkward situations: basically to keep it a secret that you look at pornography on the internet.
Firstly, I think this is kind of silly. If you don't want your network to know that you look at pornography, Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076169865852160082004-02-07T08:04:00.000-08:002004-02-07T08:08:21.046-08:00My Eurekster Network Numbers
Network: 1st: 18 | 2nd:120 | 3rd: 1051
I have one member with 89 members. A handful with 2-5 members and the rest have 1 member (me).
Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076165933260059792004-02-07T07:15:00.000-08:002004-02-07T07:15:27.576-08:00Somedays I feel like a 12 oz porterhouse and sometimes I just want a McDonalds Burger.
Strange title, but I wanted something catchy to tell eurekster how I'd like my search results delivered, depending on what I want to consume that day.
In some interview, someone from Eurekster said that they'd be developing a tabbed interface to show search results that are filtered differently. Here's whatPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076164745974273392004-02-07T06:56:00.000-08:002004-02-07T07:01:45.810-08:00My selfish reason for starting eureksterblog.
I started to write this in response to Gary; my justification to Gary why I started the eureksterblog. But, figured it deserved its own post.
Another reason why I am blogging about Eurekster:
Eurekster could enable maximum influence over people that browse the internet in order to find the latest and greatest, the funniest and cutest, etc. And Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076164741203921432004-02-07T06:39:00.000-08:002004-02-07T06:57:04.716-08:00Gary's [from TeledyN] sentiments about Eurekster is the majority's sentiment.
I recently invited Gary from the Teledyn Blog to join my Eurekster network. He graciously accepted and also blogged about the Eureskterblog:
I have to admit, I haven't yet had my eureka moment over social-networking search-result site Eurekster --- why would what my friends search for be relevent to my own Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076161515974293202004-02-07T05:45:00.000-08:002004-02-07T05:47:40.046-08:00Review the Eureksterblog at BlogStreet
If you haven't checked out Blogstreet, it is worth a gander. It has a whole boatload of features similar to feedster and waypath, both aggregating blogs, allowing independent reviews, searching and displaying similar blogs, etc. Review it.Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076105962565638332004-02-06T14:19:00.000-08:002004-02-06T14:21:46.000-08:00Decayed Influence and Social Networks
Mike Perkowitz responded to my questions about using decayed influence to weight the value of a friend's influence on my search. Link.
Peter, the idea about decayed influence just seemed a natural. I haven't heard it applied to the social network question before, but you see similar ideas in other contexts, for example in discounting future positive/Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076097293792336962004-02-06T11:54:00.000-08:002004-02-06T11:57:16.513-08:00Eurekster's communications firm
Gramercy Strategies is Eurekster's communications firm. Looks like Gramercy's premier client is NBC/NBCi and is based in NYC. I guess this shows a bit of the pull that NBC has over Eurekster. LinkPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076093048062289592004-02-06T10:44:00.000-08:002004-02-06T10:46:30.890-08:00Can anyone read German?
Someone wrote about the eureksterblog in German and I don't know a lick. A translation would be appreciated. LinkPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076092771354943902004-02-06T10:39:00.000-08:002004-02-06T10:41:54.250-08:00A Rave Review
Some nice kudos about the eureksterblog from Marcus P. Zillman, an internet jack-of-all-trades: author, speaker and consultant. Thanks Marcus. If you haven't read his blog, check it out. LinkPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076031179939948912004-02-05T17:32:00.000-08:002004-02-05T17:35:38.560-08:00Searches vs Time
Eurekster should create graphs like this on the fly... (from google zeitgeist)
Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076031054674142272004-02-05T17:30:00.000-08:002004-02-05T17:33:30.106-08:00The most popular search terms and sites on Eurekster vs lycos top 50
Popular Searches
NASA Catherine Bosley Jennifer Lopez Britney Spears Valentine's Day Blackjack IRS Hilary Duff Mars Rover KaZaA eurekster Atkins Diet feedster paris hilton string cheese incident friendster orkut martini recipes extreme segway kazaalite Popular Sites
Popular Sites
NASA - Mars Full Bloom - The Ultimate... Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362853.post-1076030449258712772004-02-05T17:20:00.000-08:002004-02-05T17:26:19.140-08:00my eurekster results...(again)
your friends top searches
eurekster extreme segway waypath social networking research HIGHLAND CAPITAL social software whizspark blog search engine "mark simpkins" Simon Bisson whizspark social network visualization search results clustered search engine watch bookmarklets eurekster blog search visibility report corante many whizspark blog seth godin snowden Peternoreply@blogger.com