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Yoople - Collaborative Web Search from Italy
By Rob | May 30, 2007
In the midst of never ending discussions about Search Engines and the important role they play in providing useful information sources to web users, here’s a service that talks about giving back control to users so that they can alter the way websites are ranked on search results.
Yoople.net offers a service called Yoople!, a Web 2.0 application that takes a new experimental twist on web search. Carlo Zapponi at Yoople.net mentions that the project is experimental and largely based on Yahoo Web Search.
Here’s what happens –
• You type in what you’re looking for in Yoople.net search.
• You are presented with a list of results based on your keyword search.
• On visiting 3-5 of the links, you realise that the site at No 5 in the search engine results is much more informative and deserves a No 1 position.
• You drag the listing at No 5 to the first position and viola! Your preference is reflected in the results!
Thus Yoopla! Gives users the power to alter the order of results and have their say as opposed to simply accepting Search Engine results and rankings. The color coded boxes on the side reflect the shifts and provide info regarding the position shifts on Yahoo and Yoopla.net.
We don’t have enough information to give Yoopla an OTV score, but it ranks more as a project than a startup at this point.
Topics: Startups, International |
