Sturvs

Infobox Website
name = Sturvs

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url = [http://www.sturvs.com/ www.sturvs.com]
type = Social content website
registration = Free
owner = Antigravity, LLC.
author = Temi Kolawole
launch date = May 13, 2007
current version = 1.2
revenue =
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Sturvs is a Nigerian social bookmarking website where users can share news articles, music, videos and any other form of web content. It is a web 2.0 sharing and voting website that runs in a social and democratic manner, similar to popular website Digg [ [http://www.startupsnigeria.com/2008/04/sturvscom-nigerias-social-bookmarking-version-of-diggcom/ StartupsNigeria » Sturvs.com - Nigeria’s Social Bookmarking Version of Digg ] ] , but for Nigerians [ [http://tlcstudio.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/profile-sturvs/ Profile: Sturvs « TechMASAI ] ] . Users are given the ability to vote on stories submitted by other users, and the stories with the highest votes make it to the front page. The word "sturvs" is a nigerian slang for "stuff", so basically it is just a place for Nigerians to view and share all their internet stuff.

The website was the first Nigerian social bookmarking website [ [http://www.mynaijanews.com/content/view/1276/86/ Sturvs.com launches first ever Nigerian Online Social Bookmark Service] ] [ [http://business.africanpath.com/article.cfm?articleID=48764 Sturvs.com launches first ever Nigerian Online Social Bookmark Service ] ] and one of the first in Africa [ [http://www.startupafrica.com/2008/05/sturvs-social-bookmarking-for-nigeria-with-a-twist/ Events | Startup Africa ] ] .

The website has a Facebook application, which was also the first ever Nigerian Facebook application. Another one of Sturvs' services is a search engine [ [http://www.startupsnigeria.com/2008/06/sturvs-launches-nigerian-web-search-engine/ Sturvs Launches Nigerian Web Search Engine] ] (still in beta mode) which was launched in June 2008 and is geared towards finding search results related to Nigeria.

References

ee also

* Web 2.0
* Social bookmarking
* Internet search engines

External links

* [http://www.sturvs.com/ Official site]
* [http://blog.sturvs.com/ Official blog]
* [http://apps.facebook.com/sturvings/ Facebook application]