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 are featured in this workshop:
Databases and Applications |
Their relation to Web 2.0 |
| Google |
Enables users to search the Web, Usenet, and images. Features include PageRank, caching and translation of results, and an option to find similar pages |
| 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 |
| wikispaces |
Create simple web pages that groups, friends, and families can edit together. |
| Terraminds |
Twitter searching
http://terraminds.com/twitter/
http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=004053080137224009376%3Aicdh3tsqkzy |
| Digg |
Digg is a community-based news article popularity website
digg labs stack |
| Flickr |
Online photo management and sharing application in the world. |
| del.icio.us |
A social bookmarks manager. Using bookmarklets, you can add bookmarks to your list and categorize them. |
| Eurekster |
Community powered search and advertising for your blog or website. |
