Ex.plode.us

Ex.plode.us

Infobox Website
name = ex.plode.us



caption =
url = [http://ex.plode.us/ ex.plode.us]
commercial = yes
type = Search engine
language = English
registration =
owner = [http://curverider.co.uk/ Curverider Ltd]
author =
launch date = 2007
current status = active
revenue =

ex.plode.us AKA Explode is a website search engine that indexes people. It is created by [http://curverider.co.uk/ Curverider] , the people behind the Elgg social networking platform. [ [http://www.mcall.com/features/columnists/all-netizen0302mar02,0,4008357.column 'Explode' blows down barriers that separate social networks] ] Ex.plode.us aggregates social data from 43 Things, flickr, jaiku, Live Journal, tribe.net, twitter, and YouTube.

Initially launched as Explode! in February 2007 [ [http://blogs.zdnet.com/social/?p=97 Explode, a meta-social network] ] as purely a social network aggregation utility and widget it was re-launched in May 2007 as a people search engine. [ [http://www.vecosys.com/2007/05/16/explodeus-relaunches-with-a-bang/ Ex.plode.us relaunches with a bang] ]

In August 2007 a Facebook version was released, taking advantage of the recently opened Facebook API [ [http://eduspaces.net/dtosh/weblog/191833.html Dave Tosh :: Blog :: Social search comes to Facebook via Explode] ] [ [http://curverider.co.uk/blog/2007/08/30/starting-to-open-up-facebook-with-explode/ Social search comes to Facebook via Explode] ] and was developed for [http://curverider.co.uk/ Curverider] by [http://www.marcus-povey.co.uk Marcus Povey] . [ [http://www.dushka.co.uk/blog/?id=64 Exploding Facebook] ] . However, the Facebook application does not allow ex.plode.us to aggregate information from Facebook.

In February 2008 a discussion on tribe.net dominated by tribe users who voiced privacy concerns resulted in tribe.net blocking ex.plode.us from accessing tribe users' FOAF data. [ [http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/34fb1a79-351d-4251-8318-829623c1c9cb?newpostingid=7c402919-fa8e-4ca4-8d5d-dd7a2c9b56fe#7c402919-fa8e-4ca4-8d5d-dd7a2c9b56fe What is ex.plode.us and have we been sold out? ] ] Individuals who were users of both ex.plode.us and tribe.net lost a great deal of their network on ex.plode.us.

API

A [http://ex.plode.us/developer/wiki//index.php/Main_Page REST style API] is available offering programmatic access to search and user functions.

The API was first made public in September 2007 [ [http://www.dushka.co.uk/blog/?id=68 Explode API] ] .

References

External links

* http://ex.plode.us
* [http://ex.plode.us/whatisexplode.php What is Explode?]
* [http://curverider.co.uk/blog/2007/05/16/50/ Official press release]
* [http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/20/look-out-mybloglog-here-comes-explode/ Look Out MyBlogLog - Here Comes Explode]
* [http://blogs.zdnet.com/social/?p=158 Explode adds people search]
* [http://mashable.com/2007/05/15/explode/ Explode is a New Social Search Engine]
* [http://demogirl.com/2007/05/15/explode-a-social-network-connection/ Explode - A social network connection]


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