Eurekster

Eurekster is a company based in Christchurch, New Zealand, with an office located in San Francisco, California, that builds social search engines for use on websites, the search engines are called swickis (search plus wiki [http://blogs.marketwatch.com/bambi/2007/01/swicki_ready_to.html Eurekster ready to Digg?] Market Watch Blog, January 25, 2007] ).

Launching to the public on January 21, 2004Danny Sullivan: [http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3301481 Eurekster Launches Personalized Social Search] January 21, 2004] , Eurekster hosts around 100,000 swickisdBusinessNews: [http://sanfrancisco.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=103972&type_news=latest Eurekster Selected by AlwaysOn Media as Top 100 Private Company Award Winner Recognized for Leadership in Emerging Technology] January 18, 2007] for various websites, which total approximately 20 million searches per month,Peter Griffin: [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10418912 Riding high-tech wave to success] January 13, 2007] or around 800,000 searches per day.Eric Enge: [http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3624377 Are Vertical Search Engines the Answer to Relevance?] Search Engine Watch, January 3, 2007.]

Mark Cuban on Blog Maverick explained the swicki: "Add their search engine to your site. They will rank results based on what actions people who search from your site take... and show results that maximize relevance to the sites' community."Mark Cuban: [http://www.blogmaverick.com/2006/04/15/eurekster-amp-the-best-sales-idea-i-have-seen-in-a-long-time/ Eurekster & The Best Sales Idea I have seen in a long time] April 15, 2006]

According to their chief executive officer, Steven Marder: "Eurekster pioneered vertical, social search..."

The co-founder and chief scientist of Eurkester is Dr Grant Ryan [http://eurekster.com/about/management Eurekster management] ] , who is also the co-founder and chairman of Christchurch-based company, SLI Systems, who specialize in search engines that learns from the users.

In May, 2006, Red Herring selected Eurkester as one of their favorite companies that push the technological limits in North America. Marder told WebProNews, "We are honored to have been selected by Red Herring for this prestigious award that serves as a testament to Eurekster's vision, technology and business model."David A. Utter: [http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/wpn-60-20060523EureksterReelsInRedHerringAward.html Eurekster Reels In Red Herring Award] WebProNews, 23 May, 2006]

Eurekster was, on January 17, 2007, announced one of the 100 best companies by AlwaysOn Media 100. The selection was made by focusing on "innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value creation, and media attention or 'buzz'" [http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/8813 AlwaysOn Unveils the AO Media 100 Winners] January 17, 2007]

References

External links

* [http://eurekster.com/ Official site]
* [http://mmdays.com/2007/10/11/eurekster_swicki/ Traditional Chinese Article Introducing Swicki]