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]]> By: Michael Tanne http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-204294 Michael Tanne Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:42:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-204294 We've been hard at work and Wink beta 2 is now live. Search is important, and the big algorithmic search engines do a good job for many searches. But we think that the accumulated insights of people coupled with machine algorithms can sift out better results than the machine algorithms alone. There is something unique about a person finding a great, but obscure site and elevating it in the result because it satisfies their search, or discovering a link that is intriguing and funny. We agree there are requirements: enough user input to fill in enough results, reasonable spam detection and sufficient algorithms to refine the search. User input: For some it's fun and rewarding to know they are helping to create a democratic search engine - adding links or giving thumbs up to good sites, giving thumbs down or even blocking sites they don't like and seeing the search engine respond. Wink also works well if you keep a copy of your bookmarks handy. We invite users of delicious to sync your bookmarks with Wink for the best experience. Of course most people like to search quickly and get on their way. We want Wink to work for those people as well. That's one reason we've teamed with Google and keep the path clear for simple searching. Spam detection: Social search is faced with spam as all search engines are. The difference is how it's fought. Regular search engines fight spam by constantly tuning the algorithms - resulting in an "arms race" with the spammers, and in the process affecting legitimate sites as well. Social search empowers people to stop spam. Anytime you see spam at Wink, just click the block button and watch it disappear. This helps train the Wink engine against future spam as well. One other thing - Wink Collections. What if instead of each search result containing 10 unrelated links that scored high in a search engine, you could find Collections - links about a topic, organized based on real people's successful searching. You can build new collections - and others can add more links. We've already seen hundreds of collections built in the first few days. (We are refining the collection UI it in response to your input). For example, you can see collections when you search Wink for extreme programming (http://wink.com/Extreme%20Programming) or hybrid cars (http://wink.com/hybrid%20cars) or browse collections: (http://wink.com/--collections) Thanks for you patience and participation - together we're tackling something difficult... but worth it. Let's keep innovation and competition - and even democracy - alive in search. Let's push things forward. Cheers, Michael Tanne Wink Founder We’ve been hard at work and Wink beta 2 is now live. Search is important, and the big algorithmic search engines do a good job for many searches. But we think that the accumulated insights of people coupled with machine algorithms can sift out better results than the machine algorithms alone. There is something unique about a person finding a great, but obscure site and elevating it in the result because it satisfies their search, or discovering a link that is intriguing and funny. We agree there are requirements: enough user input to fill in enough results, reasonable spam detection and sufficient algorithms to refine the search.

User input: For some it’s fun and rewarding to know they are helping to create a democratic search engine - adding links or giving thumbs up to good sites, giving thumbs down or even blocking sites they don’t like and seeing the search engine respond. Wink also works well if you keep a copy of your bookmarks handy. We invite users of delicious to sync your bookmarks with Wink for the best experience. Of course most people like to search quickly and get on their way. We want Wink to work for those people as well. That’s one reason we’ve teamed with Google and keep the path clear for simple searching.

Spam detection: Social search is faced with spam as all search engines are. The difference is how it’s fought. Regular search engines fight spam by constantly tuning the algorithms - resulting in an “arms race” with the spammers, and in the process affecting legitimate sites as well. Social search empowers people to stop spam. Anytime you see spam at Wink, just click the block button and watch it disappear. This helps train the Wink engine against future spam as well.

One other thing - Wink Collections. What if instead of each search result containing 10 unrelated links that scored high in a search engine, you could find Collections - links about a topic, organized based on real people’s successful searching. You can build new collections - and others can add more links. We’ve already seen hundreds of collections built in the first few days. (We are refining the collection UI it in response to your input). For example, you can see collections when you search Wink for extreme programming (http://wink.com/Extreme%20Programming) or hybrid cars (http://wink.com/hybrid%20cars) or browse collections: (http://wink.com/–collections)

Thanks for you patience and participation - together we’re tackling something difficult… but worth it. Let’s keep innovation and competition - and even democracy - alive in search. Let’s push things forward.

Cheers,
Michael Tanne
Wink Founder

]]> By: Vijay http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-178207 Vijay Thu, 07 Sep 2006 21:13:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-178207 Very similar to squuido but with a much better name.. Very similar to squuido but with a much better name..

]]> By: Wink 2.0 goes live » JenIT http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-178028 Wink 2.0 goes live » JenIT Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:31:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-178028 [...] Social search company Wink just went live with their relaunched site, making better use of collaboratively built collections, offering a Firefox toolbar and other changes we detailed in an early preview. Wink is a smart, well funded company with a useful service in a space that’s got a lot of potential. This relaunch isn’t terribly exciting but it does make one of the major players in social search significantly more usable than they had been. This one’s a company to watch for the long haul. Wink [...] [...] Social search company Wink just went live with their relaunched site, making better use of collaboratively built collections, offering a Firefox toolbar and other changes we detailed in an early preview. Wink is a smart, well funded company with a useful service in a space that’s got a lot of potential. This relaunch isn’t terribly exciting but it does make one of the major players in social search significantly more usable than they had been. This one’s a company to watch for the long haul. Wink [...]

]]> By: Wink Blog » Blog Archive » Wink Social Search Engine Beta 2 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-177007 Wink Blog » Blog Archive » Wink Social Search Engine Beta 2 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 03:40:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-177007 [...] This is a major upgrade, with several new features and a number of improvements in user experience. Marshall Kirkpatrick posted a preview at Techcrunch recently. We know we are trying something really big - and really difficult. We think people can help each other find the best information on the Web, better than machine-based algorithms alone. Sure, the big search engines do a great job in many cases. But we think there’s more to searching the Web - like locating hard to find information and seeing what people have discovered recently. It just takes a few people who take the time to weigh in with their preferences to create a super experience for everyone else. [...] [...] This is a major upgrade, with several new features and a number of improvements in user experience. Marshall Kirkpatrick posted a preview at Techcrunch recently. We know we are trying something really big - and really difficult. We think people can help each other find the best information on the Web, better than machine-based algorithms alone. Sure, the big search engines do a great job in many cases. But we think there’s more to searching the Web - like locating hard to find information and seeing what people have discovered recently. It just takes a few people who take the time to weigh in with their preferences to create a super experience for everyone else. [...]

]]> By: Wink Again « Ray-Deo http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-176954 Wink Again « Ray-Deo Thu, 07 Sep 2006 03:13:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-176954 [...] Social search company Wink just went live with their relaunched site, making better use of collaboratively built collections, offering a Firefox toolbar and other changes we detailed in an early preview. Wink is a smart, well funded company with a useful service in a space that’s got a lot of potential. This relaunch isn’t terribly exciting but it does make one of the major players in social search significantly more usable than they had been. This one’s a company to watch for the long haul. [...] [...] Social search company Wink just went live with their relaunched site, making better use of collaboratively built collections, offering a Firefox toolbar and other changes we detailed in an early preview. Wink is a smart, well funded company with a useful service in a space that’s got a lot of potential. This relaunch isn’t terribly exciting but it does make one of the major players in social search significantly more usable than they had been. This one’s a company to watch for the long haul. [...]

]]> By: accelzone - techie weblog » Wink 2.0 goes live http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-176770 accelzone - techie weblog » Wink 2.0 goes live Thu, 07 Sep 2006 01:12:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-176770 [...] Social search company Wink just went live with their relaunched site, making better use of collaboratively built collections, offering a Firefox toolbar and other changes we detailed in an early preview. Wink is a smart, well funded company with a useful service in a space that’s got a lot of potential. This relaunch isn’t terribly exciting but it does make one of the major players in social search significantly more usable than they had been. This one’s a company to watch for the long haul. Wink [...] [...] Social search company Wink just went live with their relaunched site, making better use of collaboratively built collections, offering a Firefox toolbar and other changes we detailed in an early preview. Wink is a smart, well funded company with a useful service in a space that’s got a lot of potential. This relaunch isn’t terribly exciting but it does make one of the major players in social search significantly more usable than they had been. This one’s a company to watch for the long haul. Wink [...]

]]> By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Wink 2.0 goes live http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-176752 Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Wink 2.0 goes live Thu, 07 Sep 2006 00:55:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-176752 [...] Social search company Wink just went live with their relaunched site, making better use of collaboratively built collections, offering a Firefox toolbar and other changes we detailed in an early preview. Wink is a smart, well funded company with a useful service in a space that’s got a lot of potential. This relaunch isn’t terribly exciting but it does make one of the major players in social search significantly more usable than they had been. This one’s a company to watch for the long haul. Wink [...] [...] Social search company Wink just went live with their relaunched site, making better use of collaboratively built collections, offering a Firefox toolbar and other changes we detailed in an early preview. Wink is a smart, well funded company with a useful service in a space that’s got a lot of potential. This relaunch isn’t terribly exciting but it does make one of the major players in social search significantly more usable than they had been. This one’s a company to watch for the long haul. Wink [...]

]]> By: teknokool.net » links for 2006-08-27 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-157443 teknokool.net » links for 2006-08-27 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:28:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-157443 [...] Techcrunch » Wink 2.0 to launch next week (tags: wink tagging social, web2.0 search) [...] [...] Techcrunch » Wink 2.0 to launch next week (tags: wink tagging social, web2.0 search) [...]

]]> By: Skip Trace http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-157214 Skip Trace Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:21:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-157214 Sounds like an interesting search hybrid - mixing the best of both worlds: user-created social bookmarking sites and algorithmic search engines. Sounds like an interesting search hybrid - mixing the best of both worlds: user-created social bookmarking sites and algorithmic search engines.

]]> By: teknokool.net » wink 2.0 - coming this week! http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-157023 teknokool.net » wink 2.0 - coming this week! Sun, 27 Aug 2006 14:46:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-157023 [...] web2.0/social bookmarking/tagging search engine wink will be releasing v2.0 for us geeks to play with sometime this week with some tweaks and some new features. Techcrunch recently pointed out some of the new features that will be showing up this coming week. [...] [...] web2.0/social bookmarking/tagging search engine wink will be releasing v2.0 for us geeks to play with sometime this week with some tweaks and some new features. Techcrunch recently pointed out some of the new features that will be showing up this coming week. [...]

]]> By: SKL http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-156452 SKL Sun, 27 Aug 2006 07:46:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-156452 Interesting... Interesting…

]]> By: Random Blogger » The newest type of social networking: Social search http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-155933 Random Blogger » The newest type of social networking: Social search Sun, 27 Aug 2006 01:52:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-155933 [...] A really extensive article on this subject can be found on c|net: Internet search gets Web 2.0 style This had been blogged up TechCrunch: Wink 2.0 to launch next week [...] [...] A really extensive article on this subject can be found on c|net: Internet search gets Web 2.0 style This had been blogged up TechCrunch: Wink 2.0 to launch next week [...]

]]> By: Basement Tapes » Wink 2.0 to launch next week http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-155825 Basement Tapes » Wink 2.0 to launch next week Sat, 26 Aug 2006 23:27:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-155825 [...] Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Wink 2.0 to launch next week [...] [...] Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Wink 2.0 to launch next week [...]

]]> By: Basement Tapes » Wink 2.0 to launch next week http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-155824 Basement Tapes » Wink 2.0 to launch next week Sat, 26 Aug 2006 23:27:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-155824 [...] Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Wink 2.0 to launch next week [...] [...] Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Wink 2.0 to launch next week [...]

]]> By: the primitive » Blog Archive Wink combines del.icio.us and Google « http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-155525 the primitive » Blog Archive Wink combines del.icio.us and Google « Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:48:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-155525 [...] Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Wink 2.0 to launch next week [...] [...] Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Wink 2.0 to launch next week [...]

]]> By: David http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-155506 David Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:28:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-155506 Great a search egnine just for the 53,561... Great a search egnine just for the 53,561…

]]> By: Omar Upegui R. http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-155418 Omar Upegui R. Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:39:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-155418 I'm afraid Wink will not "wink and eye", since most people use search engines to find information as fast as possible and move on. That is what has made Google the "daddy" of all search engines--speed and relevancy. I hope Winks works, but have my strong doubts. Sorry Winks! I’m afraid Wink will not “wink and eye”, since most people use search engines to find information as fast as possible and move on. That is what has made Google the “daddy” of all search engines–speed and relevancy.

I hope Winks works, but have my strong doubts. Sorry Winks!

]]> By: Custom Publishing - Marketing - Communications - Greg Magnus at eoecho » Wink 2.0 to Launch - Peoples Choice Search Results http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-155298 Custom Publishing - Marketing - Communications - Greg Magnus at eoecho » Wink 2.0 to Launch - Peoples Choice Search Results Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:15:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-155298 [...] Hat tip to TechCrunch for telling us about Wink 2.0. [...] [...] Hat tip to TechCrunch for telling us about Wink 2.0. [...]

]]> By: thumbd http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-155206 thumbd Sat, 26 Aug 2006 12:03:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-155206 <strong>Does a B.S. website like this really stand a chance? ...</strong> ... Does a B.S. website like this really stand a chance? …

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]]> By: Darren McLaughlin http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-155205 Darren McLaughlin Sat, 26 Aug 2006 12:01:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-155205 Seems like people will just use Google instead. Seems like people will just use Google instead.

]]> By: Wink 2.0 to Launch Next Week » Freakitude Technology Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-155116 Wink 2.0 to Launch Next Week » Freakitude Technology Blog Sat, 26 Aug 2006 10:49:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-155116 [...] (Source)   « Freakitude Climbing Up… |   [...] [...] (Source)   « Freakitude Climbing Up… |   [...]

]]> By: Ryan http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-154842 Ryan Sat, 26 Aug 2006 06:08:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-154842 I have to agree with you, Wink hasn't lived up to expectations. I have to agree with you, Wink hasn’t lived up to expectations.

]]> By: Anshul http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-154801 Anshul Sat, 26 Aug 2006 04:48:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/25/wink-20-to-launch-next-week/#comment-154801 This does sound good. But its really a wait and watch game whether users would actually spend time voting search results to display only the most relevant on top. Most users just want search results and nothing else. I am sure wink can develop some algorithm which records how many clicks are generated on a particular item and use this knowledge according with user voting to serve relevant results. This does sound good. But its really a wait and watch game whether users would actually spend time voting search results to display only the most relevant on top. Most users just want search results and nothing else. I am sure wink can develop some algorithm which records how many clicks are generated on a particular item and use this knowledge according with user voting to serve relevant results.

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