Knowing where to look for Web 2.0 information may involve different databases than a Web 1.0 search. Engines like Google capture blog entries and wikis, but there are other specialized search engines that only index Web 2.0 information. Being familiar with several search choices opens up possibilties for sorting through mountains of information. These represented databases and tools may be featured in this workshop:
Databases and Applications |
Their relation to Web 2.0 |
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Enables users to search the Web, Usenet, and images. Features include PageRank, caching and translation of results, and an option to find similar pages |
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| Technorati | Real-time search for user-generated media (including weblogs) by tag or keyword. Also provides popularity indexes. |
| YouTube | Broadcast yourself -- upload, tag and share your videos worldwide Browse millions of original videos uploaded by community members Find, join and create video groups to connect with people with similar interests Customize your experience with playlists and subscriptions Integrate YouTube with your website using video embeds or APIs |
| blinkx | Search over 35 million hours of video from YouTube, TeacherTube, Google and more |
| wiki | wiki search engine that includes wikipedia, indie wikis and encyclopedias |
| Digg | Digg is a community-based news article popularity website |
real-time information network for "what's nappening now" |
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| Flickr | Online photo management and sharing application in the world. |
| diigo | A social bookmarks and annotation manager--a powerful research tool and a knowledge-sharing community. |
| Limewire | Providing access to any files users choose to share over Gnutella and BitTorrent (requires installation, basic version is free) |
| OEDB | Top 25 Web 2.0 Search Engines for College Students |
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