Another great interview by Robert Scoble, the Scobleizer, on a new social search company called Topsy. From watching the video, I understand that whilst Google looks at links and content, Topsy looks at the social network activity. They process the “social signal” and rank on the influence of the commentators and what they are talking about. This sounds very good and the Scobleizer is all excited.
But I go to the Topsy home page and it reminds me of the home page of dBase11 – it does not help me. With Google, I know that I want to search for something but when I go to Topsy what am I searching for that is different. It is all so new. I need help.
Just hope that Topsy does well as the two founders are great people and great communicators – except for their home page!
Hat tip: Robert Scoble on Google+
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