Source: searchenginejournal.com

A new social search and personalization engine joined the mix today as Sproose.com has opened in Beta form. Sproose.com provides a peer-moderated ranking, prioritization and community networking solution for individuals and affinity groups, with a focus on utilizing user and group information to produce the most relevant results for the end user.

From the Sproose.com release : Individuals can tailor their search to identify what is important to them within the hierarchy of their search results or can integrate through social networking, so that groups or members with similar interests can share enhanced search results and discussions. With its user-moderated, fully indexed directory technologies, Sproose users can effectively categorize and bookmark relevant sites, tailored for personal or group use. Ranking and scoring of specific Web sites based on preference, allows users to sort through existing sites to assemble only the most appropriate results.

“We wanted to offer simple, accessible searching, allowing individuals and groups a way to perform searches that reflect their own personal style and taste,” said Bob Pack, founder and CEO of Sproose.com. “We believe that we have created the most dynamic, comfortable way to prioritize and share your searches with our proprietary, ‘Knowledge Rank’ technology.” “It’s truly a Web 2.0 search engine”.

Is Sproose.com truly a Web 2.0 Search Engine or another Sproose Goose? Give it a try at Sproose.com

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By:  Dana Bradley

SEO or search engine optimization is very useful for any website. Search engine optimization basically directs search engines to your website whenever a key word is typed. So if your web site is search engine optimized, whenever a user types in the keyword “cat,” your website will be displayed on the search list if you are a cat lover’s web site.

If you are a marketing firm trying to sell different kinds of products, then you may want to use search engine optimization to your advantage. If you are selling carpets for instance, you would definitely want the users to see your site when they search for carpets on the internet. Your sales will dramatically increase if you properly optimize your site for search engines.

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