This week’s Elevator Pitch comes from Sqworl. I picked it because it looks like it was filmed in this guy’s college dorm room, yet he manages to get across what his site does succinctly: condense a collection of URLs into one URL. Points off, however, for not mentioning the business model (advertising, obviously).
Sqworl lets you put together a collection of links and share those with one Sqworl link. You can also take notes below each Website thumbnail, which could come in handy when you are researching a purchase and want to keep all of your links in one place (see screenshot below), or simply want to share a collection with others. (Like the one I made of awesome tech blogs). The actual process of adding links is a bit clunky. You have to cut and paste each URL into the site. A browser add-on that lets you bookmark pages as you browse would be better.
But I like the idea of collapsing an entire group of links into a single URL.
I like it. It was definitely filmed in his dorm room and if he doesn’t play up the One Ring idea he is crazy.
wtf lol, what is he looking at?
If the original creator can add and subtract links from the destination page this has a good shot at getting a single or a double [baseball analogy]. Might be a good way to share Twitter tool and application links.
What say you?
Exactly Dave, I originally created Sqworl because I wanted to share more than 1 link on twitter. Adding 2 or 3 tinyURLs to one tweet doesn’t leave much room for an explanation.
At no point during the 47-second clip did I regret the fact I had to pause Pink Floyd on iTunes to listen to this guy. He may not have a business model but I really liked the way he pitched his project. Kudos!
Thanks Miguel, I hope you’re enjoying Sqworl. Some nice updates are coming soon, so keep watching.
http://www.tech...inyurlfor-text/
Not a bad idea, pretty cool. It could definitely use some usability work. Adding links to a group needs some ajax.
Thanks Colin, We’re working double-time to get some much better tools for Sqworl. Usability is the first thing we’re looking into, we want you to be able to add links as easily as possible.
Stay tuned – Good stuff on the way!
The guy needs to explain better on the actual site. I went there first and didn’t know why I’d ever use it, until I saw the actual pitch…then it finally clicked what the site is.
Hey Alex,
I’m working on a full screencast that I’ll embed on Sqworl’s homepage very soon..it should help users see the usefulness of sqworl.
Very nice. Congrats!
Thanks! : )
A very good interesting idea indeed… Is Delicious looking…
Sort of what I use Ta-da list for
firefox addon which saves tabs to this service … where do I sign-up
Hey Wun,
We’re looking into a firefox addon as well as a bookmark-applet that will work in any browser.
Keep checking out sqworl, I’ll be posting updates to the homepage.
May be Hullabu should also use an “Elevator Pitch”.. What say you????
http://www.hullabu.com
Like the fact that this is taped in his cellar or something like that.. ;o)
Though, i dont think the pitch is totally inspiring..
But.. The idea is great, would be cool if it would be integrated in delicious.. or if sqworl could make a plugin for firefox (mini-mini-mini) plugin.. but i would rather have it integrated in delicious..
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We’re looking into the firefox plugin, as for delicious..I hadn’t thought about that until you mentioned it! I’ll add it to the list : )
Pretty concise pitch indeed… cool idea, but I like http://www.buncholinks.com .
Has more features…
Doesnt elevator pitch imply someone might give them money?
Firefox Bookmarks -> Bookmark All Tabs?
Tu no hablo English?
So, it’s like a wiki, but with less functionality and usefulness.
What exactly does this give me over sending a bunch of links through email. Now my mother has to visit another site, just to click on links to another site. Got it.
I like the idea…. especially for creating tutorials or training projects using many different webpages…. but where’s the business model fool? You gotta make those billz
Great start though….
How is this better then a wiki for creating tutorials?
Wiki’s involve work and structure, all this simply does is gather a fewlinks together, pu tthem under one and wha la you send it off.
Cuts down on information overload while a wiki is time consuming and not worth the hassle for 5 or 10 links.
Holden said it best, I hope that Sqworl is easier to use than most wikis, has a design that is friendly to all, and is quick to set up if you’re just throwing a few links together.
It’s a good concept, I just don’t see it being any better than searchme.com stacks or middlespot.com workpads.
Hey, I liked it a lot. Thanks a lot for the information. I would make the collection of some important URLs using sqworl – Internet Techies
The site is a bit clunky indeed but it solves a problem for sure.
Very good pitch, even without the business model (some people think and create just for fun sometimes..)
Im gonna try to use it on a regular basis from now on.
Thanks Robin! We’re trying to de-clunk sqworl right now : ) I hope you enjoy it and continue to use it regularly. New features on the way!
nice idea and a great potential but needs a lot of work before its a full featured service ,
i liked how he was all nervous while reading the text into the cam , good luck dude it will get easier over time
Thanks for sharing this, I can see myself using it regularly in my online research.
Very nice concept! Would integrate well on Stumpedia.
Delicious with thumbnails?
Boycott israeli web 2.0 apps:
Jajah
Aniboom
Metacafe
Speedbit
Foxytunes
MySupermarket
Zlango
MyHeritage
WeFi
eSnips
PicApp
Take your stupid religious issues somewhere else and grow up.
I apologize for my previous post.
Now that I think about it, maybe if the Palestinians invested their creativity and R&D in Web 2.0 start-ups instead of in building crude missiles and digging tunnels to smuggle explosives, the Middle East would have looked differently.
So much creativity in the Arab world appears to be tunneled to one direction only: hatred.
No need to apologize.
How do you expect them to do any R&D under the conditions they’re forced to live in?
Boycotting is cruel, but as a response to bombing their children it’s pretty fair I think. These israeli entrepreneurs should blame their governments.
There is no excuse for killing innocent children and people, for both sides.
I love this idea. I really wish I had thought of it first. The clean look of the site is great.
Caleb,
Go copy the the interface for foxtab for displaying sqworls.
I’ll add the idea to the list : )
I like it! Already tried it out and made a page consolidating all my social network links into one page – very cool idea – this could be a good link to send out for someone who wants to see what I have available, but doesnt want o to scroll through my friend feed to find out where I am all over the interwebs.
Very cool idea. I will be using it!
Though, you do need to find a way to add a link to a category easier, and nothing is uglier than to make addons for so-many-different browsers.
But I got an idea :p
I like it, but that may be down to the fact I made a site a few weeks back that is very very much like this service, however my site is more focused on webmasters sharing links with visitors, and thus is more visual and warns when sites have viruses, it also has a gallery view option. But I really do wish him the best of luck. Hope down the road we can end up helping out the users
- http://minmu.net
This sounds just like FuseURL.com
http://www.crun...company/fuseurl
I like the concept, especially for twitter. It reminds me of the old webring idea but much better, as it’s nice and clean, and a group of websites show up with screen shots. -Ken, Naples, FL
No offense to all the positive, but am I the only one that thinks this is a feature business?
Ok, so I can make links of links. Right. Ok. So? Del.icio.us, please add this tomorrow and kill this entire business… see what I’m saying?
Nice concept, but not a business IMHO.
Also looks a lot like Whit.me
http://www.whit.me/
http://www.linkbun.ch has had this app running for more than a year!
Caleb,
This site is great. I have read many of the posts here and did not see anyone attesting to its educational uses. As a teacher [and one of your former teachers] this allows students to go to many sites from a single URL and then a single click. No time wasted with the misspelling of the URLs. It also allows me to preview sites and then have the students use the ones I decide are good. Students no longer have to sift through the million sites returned by a Google search. Great work. Keep it up. Go Titans.
It’s hard to think of this as an “invention” I just created a notebook page in 3 days and I would like to know what is the true difference between this site and what others have out there. Seriously, I don’t mean to hate, but there are some more worthy developers out there…sorry Sqwurl. Some guys like linkbun.ch or fuseurl have been at this for a while already. I have even made my own app without thinking about this and it could be a serious competitor…anyway. Check http://www.no2book.com/
Hi CB, and all! I love Sqworl! Mostly the little logo in the top left. It is very easy to use, quick, and everyone I send a sqworl page to is just awe stricken as to how it works. Great job man, I wish I had your brain. jz out
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Sqworl is such a funny word to say, but it’s a great site!