TallStreet com - Social Search - Help the Little Guy!
Released on = December 4, 2006, 5:38 pm
Press Release Author = TallStreet.com
Industry = Internet & Online
Press Release Summary =
TallStreet.com is a new search engine concept where users make investments, with fictional money, in their favourite websites and the rankings are determined entirely by the users.
Press Release Body = Traditional search engines rank websites using machine algorithms that try to determine the popularity of a website by metrics like the number of backlinks to the site. The problem with this approach is that it is biased towards larger established websites that have been around along time. This makes it difficult for the newcomers to get any visibility.
On Tall Street?.com, the websites at the top of the results are those that are best able to inspire their users to make investments in them, this tips the balance in favour of the passionate little guys.
TallStreet.com has a fair ranking system, everyone gets an input into the rankings. If you think a site doesn't belong, you can mark it as spam. If you find a site that is better then what is showing as the best then you can sign up and invest in it. If you're right and other people agree, then you'll make more money and have more influence over the directory. This is in contrast with traditional search engines where its difficult to say exactly how the rankings are determined but it seems like a few of the popular websites determine the rankings of the whole internet and your average user (who doen't have a website) gets no say at all.
"Tall Street is a really good solution to the problem, people can instantly access what is the best website under a keyword at a particular time, and those millions of great websites that never get to be seen because of the lack of an audience or lack of money can finally recieve the attention they deserve" says Gary Roberts, one of the people behind TallStreet.com
Membership on TallStreet.com entitles you to become a trader where you trade the search results like a stock market. Membership is instant and free. Trading is easy and fun.
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