Search ChaCha: A Human-Powered Search Engine Written by Alex Iskold and edited by Richard MacManus Earlier this week Emre wrote a very informative and comprehensive overview of the Search space. Each of the profiled search engines has a unique approach. They deploy a range of sophisticated heuristics, clustering and machine techniques. In this article we look at ChaCha, a search engine which… Alex Iskold View comments
mobile Mobile Content in Context This post is a short extract from the book Mobile Web 2.0, by Ajit Jaokar and Tony Fish. This week we're focusing in on Mobile 2.0, which is basically the Mobile Web circa 2006. I'm much less familiar with the mobile world than the PC Web one, so I thought it'd be a good idea to tap the mind of an expert in this space - fellow Web 2.0 Workgroup… Mobile Richard MacManus View comments
mobile Sharpcast's Mobile Push While we're on the subject of mobile 2.0 this week, one of my favorite web startups Sharpcast has just announced a new version of their Sharpcast Photos Mobile Edition. Sharpcast is a data sync service for consumers, allowing users to sync their data across PC, Web, mobile and other devices. Right now their flagship product is Sharpcast Photos. But… Mobile Richard MacManus View comments
Search Search 2.0 - What's Next? Written by Emre Sokullu and edited by Richard MacManus You may feel relatively satisfied with the current search offerings of Google, Yahoo, Ask and MSN. Search today is undoubtedly much better than what it was in the second half of the 1990's. But Internet search is still in its infancy and there's much room for improvement. Moreover, the super… Emre Sokullu View comments
Video Services Gotuit SceneMaker and The Online Video Holy Grail Last week I was briefed about a new product just released by Gotuit, called SceneMaker. It enables people to cut up and tag videos from platforms like YouTube or Metacafe. SceneMaker essentially allows users to embed e.g. a YouTube video in a Gotuit page, then add metadata around it. I was impressed with the usablity of SceneMaker, but one… Richard MacManus View comments