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Re: Blekko is alive

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Post by ZeroMinx »

I don't think I get it.. The slashing, is this like public bookmarks?

How will they stop spammers / SEO gamers? They say search results shall involve people, but spammers and SEO gamers are people too.

Re: Blekko is alive

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Post by jsrfded »

shaunxcode wrote: post #2

My immediate reaction to "slashtag" was: "oh does this somehow tie into searching the slashdot archives?"

Given the CLI syntax we're pushing in the search box, we were looking for a novel way to describe it. "Hashtag" caught on pretty well on twitter, so we figured with the / modifier in front of what are essentially category tags, "slash tag" would be pretty descriptive. It strikes some people as being a cheesy marketing term. Not sure what to do about that though.

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Post by PHPAdam »

Its based on ShashTags and has API. I can not find how to add/edit my SlashTag via an API. Since I run a directory that would really help them, its a bit of a pain.

I do like the search though.

Re: Blekko is alive

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Post by kqueue »

1. It is better to post such an announcement on Monday. Weekends tend to be quite here.

2. I couldn't get what is meant by "slash in" and "slash out" when visiting the main page.

Re: Blekko is alive

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Post by klbarry »

chaosmachine wrote: post #3

An interesting example: http://blekko.com/ws/global+warming+/conservative http://blekko.com/ws/global+warming+/liberal Also, really impressive SEO stats. Be sure to check out all the tabs. http://blekko.com/ws/http:%2F%2Fblamcast.net+/seo

Excellent find, those SEO features really are great, especially for free tools.

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Post by epi0Bauqu »

kqueue wrote: post #7

1. It is better to post such an announcement on Monday. Weekends tend to be quite here. 2. I couldn't get what is meant by "slash in" and "slash out" when visiting the main page.

News is news. Don't worry, it will be here tomorrow too.
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