Google Knol has been officially launched today. Each Knol is defined as a 'Unit of Knowledge'. Each topic has an author who has exclusive ownership of the topic and it is associated with the author.
The author can allow suggestions, changes, etc. but unlike Wikipedia, the author cannot be challenged. Long term there might be 'authority' associated with an author just as there is for websites. This will probably decide the rank where there are multiple knolls for a topic.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Friday, July 18, 2008
Wink People Search - Part 1 Introduction
This is the first in a series of posts on Wink the 'People Search' website. Later posts will look at the search features in more detail.
Wink People Search is the perfect tool if you want to carry out a quick profile search using a few simple keywords or tags.
Wink has a large collection of profiles from various networks such as Linkedin, Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo360, Friendster, Microsoft Live spaces, etc. including links to profiles at these specific networks.
Wink has some impressive profile numbers (> 1 mill) for a number of countries which makes it an important tool in a sourcer's arsenal.
United States - 72.7 mill
United Kingdom - 6.8 mill
Indonesia - 6.0 mill
Canada - 5.2 mill
Malaysia - 4.1 mill
Australia - 3.0 mill
France - 1.8 mill
India - 1.4 mill
Germany - 1.4 mill
Turkey - 1.3 mill
Singapore - 1.2 mill
Italy - 1.0 mill
The search facility is simple as can be seen below. Wink does not need the user to log in to use this facility or access the results.
The basic search can be carried out by name, location, keywords or a combination of these. The search can be further refined using keywords, tags, distance from a given location, etc.
In part 2 we will have a look at the search facility in more detail.
Wink People Search is the perfect tool if you want to carry out a quick profile search using a few simple keywords or tags.
Wink has a large collection of profiles from various networks such as Linkedin, Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo360, Friendster, Microsoft Live spaces, etc. including links to profiles at these specific networks.
Wink has some impressive profile numbers (> 1 mill) for a number of countries which makes it an important tool in a sourcer's arsenal.
United States - 72.7 mill
United Kingdom - 6.8 mill
Indonesia - 6.0 mill
Canada - 5.2 mill
Malaysia - 4.1 mill
Australia - 3.0 mill
France - 1.8 mill
India - 1.4 mill
Germany - 1.4 mill
Turkey - 1.3 mill
Singapore - 1.2 mill
Italy - 1.0 mill
The search facility is simple as can be seen below. Wink does not need the user to log in to use this facility or access the results.
The basic search can be carried out by name, location, keywords or a combination of these. The search can be further refined using keywords, tags, distance from a given location, etc.
In part 2 we will have a look at the search facility in more detail.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Twitter acquires Summize
As had been speculated across the major tech blogs, Twitter has finally acquired Summize. This was easily the best search tool to come out for Twitter and it was almost inevitable that they would be integrated into Twitter. More details on the Twitter blog here
Monday, July 14, 2008
Sourcing Twitter Candidates with Summize
The recruitment domain has a significant stake in the rise of social networking tools. These tools have added a new dimension to sourcing and networking with potential candidates. The major players include Facebook, MySpace, Linkedin and Twitter. What most lack is a great search function, Linkedin being the notable exception.
A new tool by a tiny startup Summize is making waves for its excellent search functionality for Twitter. Today we will take a look at Summize and see how to use it for sourcing candidates.
The Tool | The Search
The Summize user interface is simple like Google. It does what it says, searches conversations (twits) on Twitter.
The advanced search option helps refine our searches further.
Advanced search can be done quickly using operators directly in our search strings. Some key operators which will help us in our search are described below.
near is a location operator to fix the target search location.
examples
near:atlanta
near:boston,lincolnshire,uk
near:10001 (post/zip code worked fine for the US though not for the UK)
within restricts the distance from a target location to search for posts.
examples
within:15mi
within:25km
The date operators since and until help restrict results based on their date of posting.
examples
since:2007-10-01 (This gives twits posted from this day onwards)
until:2008-07-01 (This gives twits posted before this day)
Summize auto updates the search results as new twits come in after your search.
Note: Exception when we use the until operator
The Search | The Tool
Our goal is to find PHP Developers based within 100 miles of Boston in Lincolnshire, UK. To avoid Boston in the US, we need to enter the county and country details.
Step 1: Our initial string is for the target location.
near:boston,lincolnshire,uk
Step 2: The next step is to refine results for users based within 100 miles.
near:boston,lincolnshire,uk within:100mi
Step 3: Here we further refine results to restricts posts to the last 6 months.
near:boston,lincolnshire,uk within:100mi since:2008-01-15
Step 4: Next we add our target keywords, in this case php.
php near:boston,lincolnshire,uk within:100mi since:2008-01-15
This gives 6 results overall. Of these, the 5th result looks promising. Here one user is discussing php code with another.
Once we are convinced this is a good candidate to target, we can open their twitter details.
matt5409 has a link to http://www.space-clothing.co.uk which is based in Hull 68.5 miles away on google maps. Now you can twit directly using @username or call using the phone no.
geekant has his web address and iphone no. on twitter. His details are at http://www.geekant.co.uk/geek/ Andy Whitlock, a php, mysql web developer based in Lincolnshire.
A new tool by a tiny startup Summize is making waves for its excellent search functionality for Twitter. Today we will take a look at Summize and see how to use it for sourcing candidates.
The Tool | The Search
The Summize user interface is simple like Google. It does what it says, searches conversations (twits) on Twitter.
The advanced search option helps refine our searches further.Advanced search can be done quickly using operators directly in our search strings. Some key operators which will help us in our search are described below.
near is a location operator to fix the target search location.
examples
near:atlanta
near:boston,lincolnshire,uk
near:10001 (post/zip code worked fine for the US though not for the UK)
within restricts the distance from a target location to search for posts.
examples
within:15mi
within:25km
The date operators since and until help restrict results based on their date of posting.
examples
since:2007-10-01 (This gives twits posted from this day onwards)
until:2008-07-01 (This gives twits posted before this day)
Summize auto updates the search results as new twits come in after your search.
Note: Exception when we use the until operatorThe Search | The Tool
Our goal is to find PHP Developers based within 100 miles of Boston in Lincolnshire, UK. To avoid Boston in the US, we need to enter the county and country details.
Step 1: Our initial string is for the target location.
near:boston,lincolnshire,uk
Step 2: The next step is to refine results for users based within 100 miles.
near:boston,lincolnshire,uk within:100mi
Step 3: Here we further refine results to restricts posts to the last 6 months.
near:boston,lincolnshire,uk within:100mi since:2008-01-15
Step 4: Next we add our target keywords, in this case php.
php near:boston,lincolnshire,uk within:100mi since:2008-01-15
This gives 6 results overall. Of these, the 5th result looks promising. Here one user is discussing php code with another.
Once we are convinced this is a good candidate to target, we can open their twitter details.
matt5409 has a link to http://www.space-clothing.co.uk which is based in Hull 68.5 miles away on google maps. Now you can twit directly using @username or call using the phone no.
geekant has his web address and iphone no. on twitter. His details are at http://www.geekant.co.uk/geek/ Andy Whitlock, a php, mysql web developer based in Lincolnshire.
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