Another spicy search engine
A couple of days ago I posted about Sproose, a search engine that effectively allows users to vote on the search results. I think Sproose has a lot of merit as a concept, but today I've found a similar site that seems to have taken off a bit quicker than Sproose.
It's called SpicyPage. Here's an example of what SwollenPickles.com looks like on SpicyPage. You can also create Facebook style groups within SpicyPage, so it's kind of like Google, Facebook and Digg got together and produced a single child.
Below is an example of one of their widgets that allows users to vote for a site.
Oops... tried embedding the widget in this post and it broke my theme. I may whack it in my sidebar for a while instead.
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Be nice. Keep it clean. Stay on topic. No spam.
Quite a good concept as you say but as always can’t see it as a rival for Google, can you? I don’t think no one will ever be bigger than them|!
Yet again I am following the leader, Alexa tells me so. I’m going to try it out for a while too, hooked ya up with a vote of course!
I figure it’s worth a try, at least for a while anyway. If it’s no good, we can always dump it down the track.
Agreed! The nice thing about us and anyone else who does this with us, is we’ll all benefit from each others work, helping each other out, until we’re all top 10 Alexa battling for #1, then it’s time for a merger. In the mean time, lets lock wrists and start clotheslining the competition! I have nun-chucks, in case they try anything tricky!
Looks to be nice, but like the above poster said, how can anyone beat out Google? I don’t know, maybe they will, but until then I’ll dabble with it, but not overdo it.
Ninja – I think you’re right, but the big issue is that at the moment Google have a monopoly on the search market. The only one that wins from that monopoly is Google, so I think it’d be good to see a couple of other companies give them a run for their money. That being said, I don’t think spicypage is going to put a dent in that monopoly (any time soon at least), but I think they have a pretty good concept none the less.
Mr Rader – I think you have a plan. I’ll go fetch my broom, I’m calling shenanigans!