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By: n.sputnik » Blog Archive » New contributor at Socialsoftware.Weblogsinc.com

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By: mijn-design » Blog Archive » BYOMS (Build Your Own Mobile Search) and newLISP

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:41:29 +0000

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By: Swem Review of Technology » Blog Archive » Using IM to Search

Swem Review of Technology » Blog Archive » Using IM to Search — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 21:57:02 +0000

[...] TechCrunch has a nice description – Korozu searches your favorite sites by IM – about byoms with additional examples such as the International Movie Database. See also SearchEngineWatch which has a long article, Kozoru Opens Public Beta Testing of Byoms. [...]

By: Library clips

Library clips — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 03:45:40 +0000

byoms : search via IM…

Byoms in a nutshell seems to be searching via IM.
Add a search engine or a site to your contacts list, and all you do is select the contact you want to search, and go for it…the results are IM’d back
Only works with AOL, what about Googl…

By: Blaze

Blaze — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:38:15 +0000

MSN has also provided search functionality in MSN Messenger for a long time now also, with sponsored links may I add.

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[...] TechCrunch » Blog Archive » Kozoru searches in your favorite sites by IM It’s a handy way to search inside preselected sites by IM on a desktop or mobile device. (tags: im widgets research search mobile) [...]

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:19:05 +0000

Thanks for this post! Gonna go check it out ..

By: Seth

Seth — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:00:10 +0000

Interesting profile. As an AIM user who searches websites frequently, Byoms doesn’t seem worth the 30 minutes it would take me to futz around with it and get comfortable. I’m already pretty comfortable searching websites, by only margnially making an already easy task easier, I’m not going to use it unless I’m convinced I can’t live without it.

By: Satish

Satish — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 16:17:09 +0000

This is waaaay complicated. And it only supports AIM? Am I missing something?

You need to create a 65kMeme tag so that you can easily re-tag them as deadpool later.

By: Larry Davidson

Larry Davidson — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 14:41:27 +0000

I’m not so sure about this one… For a good read about this startup’s founder, go here:

http://www.pitc.../feature_1.html

By: Oliver

Oliver — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 14:40:24 +0000

PS: to search multiple sites with one fast query and keep the results private, all you need to do is build the requisite YubNub command. Remember TCC searches TechCrunch, MCC searches MobileCrunch, and GIMYIM searches both Google and Yahoo images at the same time…

By: Oliver

Oliver — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 14:37:43 +0000

Mike,

Makebots (from Make magazine) have had some of these capabilities for a while and I even posted a request some time ago for a programmer to modify a Makebot from AIM of Yahoo to accept YubNub (yubnub.org) commands which would make it the ultimate smart tool for fetching information and other things.

in fact, a “yubbot” or YubNum-enabled Makebot using Agile Messenger or Mabbber would be the ultimate mobile search tool, IMO.

Oliver Starr, mobilecrunch.com

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Dee’s-Planet! » Search your Favorite sites by IM — Kozoru — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 12:52:20 +0000

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By: 21talks — Search the web as you AIM

21talks — Search the web as you AIM — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 11:24:14 +0000

[...] The search service has its drawbacks. Techcrunch points out some of them, for example you can’t keep your search clients private. Nor can you put phrases in quotes (to make string search), but you can use a minus sign to exclude terms. [...]

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By: Marshall Kirkpatrick

Marshall Kirkpatrick — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 01:32:44 +0000

The thing about this service that’s unique to my knowledge is its ability to preselect specific sources to be searched and have the results displayed in particular ways. It’s not for general web search, it’s a form of multi-site search.

By: hip2b2

hip2b2 — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 01:29:20 +0000

Btw, you can do a search with bsymwatcher by doing a “s: query string” too.

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Marshall Kirkpatrick » Check this out — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 01:28:46 +0000

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By: hip2b2

hip2b2 — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 01:28:08 +0000

Yahoo has already provided search functionality in their Yahoo Messenger for quite some time. I believe you can do a “s: query string” in the classic Yahoo Messenger client to do a search. So all search features of Yahoo is available in this YM client.

Btw, as a POC I did a quick Yahoo Messenger Bot that queries Google instead of Yahoo. for those Yahoo Messenger users out there, you can try adding “bsymwatcher” as your buddy. Again, this is just quick code and is not written for high performance. Also it uses the Google Search API which only provides a limited amount of search queries.

Have fun!

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 23:31:55 +0000

if there are startups coming out of Kansas, you know the web is back…

By: Marshall Kirkpatrick

Marshall Kirkpatrick — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 23:06:51 +0000

Thanks Sam.

Brian, I think that the first day’s launch will lead to greater clarity in instructions – the steps themselves aren’t that complicated. It may not be a mass market phenomenon, but neither are a lot of tools of value. We’ll have to see how the usability develops now that public eyes have seen it. Maybe it will fail, but I think it’s interesting.

By: Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 23:04:33 +0000

Sam – thank you. Typos fixed.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 22:41:22 +0000

>>>It took me awhile to figure it out exactly…

And hence, why it will fail.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 22:36:00 +0000

Two typos:

The SearchTechCrunch buddy *wil* search TechCrunch.com…

*Thre* are two key steps you’ll want to remember when creating your own byoms. First, you have to…

By: christopher parks

christopher parks — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 22:28:16 +0000

Michael,

Sorry to use comments on this post but I couldn’t find a way to send you an email directly… so … any way – I am listening to Gillmor Daily and your conversation about being lambasted lastly and my only thought would be…
Don’t listen to the idiots!!

You’re providing a great service (and I do mean a “service”) and often when you do something great it tends to draw both delighted admirers and scornful dissention. Mediocrity tends to draw nominal feedback. Yet, as you continue to grow in your readership/subscribers and IF you continue to generate qualitative and thoughtful writings, THEN unfortunately you will have to continue to ignore (if appropriate) chronic dissenters. Please do not let them discourage you but let it merely help to validate that you are RIGHT ON TRACK and that you are challenging people’s perspectives and interest.

I’m sure that you’ve gotten many other supportive emails after the podcast was released but just wanted to PUBLICLY post my support of you valuable and interesting blog and informational/insightful service.

Best regards,

christopher of TN