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Really FREE websites - Search & Review

Submitted by: Doymarn
Created: Jul 11, 2006, 9:29 am

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Google has done a great job creating a great search tool, but this success has now created its own monster. Every search results in barrels of hits to wade through .. too much for such little time we have to investigate the choices. We now need a search engine that is rated by the actual users of it, so that we are presented the BEST content results and not the best marketed or optimised results. Just because a website is in the first page of results doesn't mean it is the best website, product or service. This search engine should in addition to retrieve results according to ratings, supply informed reviews of the search results as to quality of website, product or service. How many times for example does one search for FREE content only to find a few rubbishy examples to lead you to paid content. Further enhancements could be added like penalising a website for not keeping a visitor retention for very long. This could indicate misleading search tags or descriptions for example.

I thought of this idea when I was...

Where does the time go?

Comments Posted

tuxguy Posted: July 15, 2006, 4:50 am

StumbleUpon.com and extension is very similar to this. You can search the sites like normal or by tags. I don't think you can get top sites in a category, would be a nice feature.

Julius Posted: July 16, 2006, 5:41 pm

Sounds a little like Jookster?
http://supernova.videoegg.com/video/114

Even if it's not like Jookster, it still sounds like an idea that has very likely has crossed the minds of Google, Amazon and such, so there is a big chance it either won't work, or you'll lose the competition to the big guys. Or another small company like Jookster is working on a project like that right now.

I'm not saying it's a bad idea, I'm just saying we can better put our energy in something more original where there is a niche market we have a chance of taking.

59ideas Posted: July 17, 2006, 12:12 am

Good idea for a small project and make money off adsene.
How how can it grow beyond a free website review?
How do people get to this site in the first place? Google? Back to square 1.

techknow Posted: July 17, 2006, 3:48 am

Dear Doymarn:

I always love user generated items crossed with technology, it always seems more accurate, however, I believe the general concept more or less has been done in several ways.

As mentioned above StumbleUpon.com and Wink.com, but I believe both of those require downloads. Then you have Jookster.com as mentioned above. Tagging it self is another sort of ranking system, with Yahoo's del.icio.us. Then there is a ton of other tagging sites like Kaboodle.com and etc. Then you have social shared content sites like BlueDot.us. Then you have review websites like TopTenReviews.com. Then you have About.com or ODP.org by human editors.

I think the idea of a user generated search engine is great focusing only on free content, but this would be difficult to monetize and for some reason I see several about.com websites indexed within a new form of about.com search engine. That is a ton of advertisment.

In addition, I forgot where I came across this, but I believe Google is also testing something like this, or the concept of user generated search, I could be mistaken though.

I hope this helps and good luck on your idea.

Doymarn Posted: July 20, 2006, 9:52 am

Thanks guys for your input, especially techknow's comprehensive info .. maybe this idea is too well covered but i still think that we have to go to too many places and spend too much time to filter out the junk.

I personally don't find the other engines enspiring enough to make them my first line of call and i don't have the time to browse around .. if google is doing something worthwhile then that will probably put paid to this idea but if they are not then maybe there is still room for a better mousetrap!

Has anybody got any more input on the google development?

Maurreen Posted: May 25, 2007, 10:56 am

Alexa has rankings and reviews.

Hello!

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