Microsoft Research Opens Social Search Engine
Another blog post from Sitepoint.com: http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/10/11/microsoft-research-opens-social-search-engine/ reads:
“Microsoft Research is throwing their hat in the social search game with the release of an experimental search engine called U Rank (found via LiveSide). U Rank, which is US-only, allows users to share, edit, annotate, and reorder search results.”
Let’s not forget about Microsoft when it comes to the Semantic Web, searchability, and clickstream-rankings! On with the race…
Oh, and speaking of semantics: “The U Rank project homepage lists a number of use cases for the experimental software, including sharing search result recommendations, keeping lists of things organized, and most interestingly, collaborating on research. The latter makes a lot of sense — U Rank certainly may have useful applications in academic and corporate environments where group research could be conducted on the web more easily by sharing and rating search results.”
Go to this blog to see screen shots as well.