In today's general session by Clark Aldrich at DevLearn 2005, the question was raised. What's a Swiki. In a timely manner, TechCrunch provides the anwser.
What is a swicki?Sounds cool. Maybe my community is smarter for me then Google... maybe not?A swicki is new kind of search engine that allows anyone to create deep, focused searches on topics you care about. Unlike other search engines, you and your community have total control over the results and it uses the wisdom of crowds to improve search results. This search engine, or swicki, can be published on your site. Your swicki presents search results that you’re interested in, pulls in new relevant information as it is indexed, and organizes everything for you in a neat little customizable widget you can put on your web site or blog, complete with its very own buzz cloud that constantly updates to show you what are hot search terms in your community.
Thanks for the add! Next time I will know.
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Wow. Way cool that you were at my blog. Great presentation.
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