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SMX West: Personalized Search Taking Stage

When someone searches for the term "dog," they're very likely interested in our furry friends.  But a few folks might be curious about digital on-screen graphics, and won't want to dig through stuff about rottweilers and retrievers.  So personalized search remains as important as ever.

SIS - Widget Talk

Ever hear of widgets? It’s the buzzword of the year for the Web, but few still appreciate how to best use them. How can you use widgets to increase the inbound links to your site? Are there widget directories you can optimize for? What social media strategies are most effective? Moderator: Bill Flitter, VP, Marketing, Founder, Pheedo

Building Your Own Local Search Engine

Quite a few bloggers out there have clued-in to how using Eurekster’s Swickis on their blogs can be a cool feature enhancement, providing custom thematic search engines for their users.

SES - Lee's Day 3 Wrap Up

Another great day is how I’d characterize day three of the San Jose Search Engine Strategies conference.

SES - Steven Marder of Eurekster Swicki Video

In our continuing coverage of the Search Engine Strategies conference in San Jose, we’re shooting periodic video interviews both in the speaker ready room and a few on the exhibit floor.

(Lots Of) Web 2.0 Awards Announced

If I were to identify just the 41 categories, this article would become rather long and list-like.  If I were to mention each of the “over 200” websites involved, you’d hate me.  So I’ll simply report that SEOmoz has announced its 2007 Web. 2.0 Awards, and perhaps hit a few of the highlights while I’m at it.

Eurekster Makes Swickis Wiki-er

Eurekster released a set of Web 2.0 upgrades to its Swicki (search plus wiki) collaborative search engine to make search results more participatory and personalized. The new "Community Features" allow swicki users to vote in favor of or against results that appear on the page. Or, if something's missing that should be there, users can write their own search result and add it to the index.

Eurekster Sweeps Up Forbes Deal

The financial and business news site will implement Eurekster's SwickiPublisher platform as Forbes dips a toe into social media.

Eurekster Reels In Red Herring Award

Community search site Eurekster has been selected as one of the Red Herring 100 North America award winners; the awards recognize private technology firms that push and break the boundaries of the business of technology.

Microsoft Strolls The Rumor Treadmill

As the company continues to tack upon the seas of Windows Live, Microsoft has been predicted to have a stop scheduled at the shores of social media.