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Ran

The US government do not like them for telling the truth, just as the US government are currently (since Sept' 08) holding a Reuters reporter without trial because they did not like what he was reporting on. The more a news organization tells the truth, the less the US government likes them.

The US government do not like them for telling the truth, just as the US government are currently (since Sept' 08) holding a Reuters reporter without trial because they did not like what he was reporting on. The more a news organization tells the truth, the less the US government likes them.

First of all, allow me to thank you for this long and insightful comment! You're feedback is very appreciated!

I must admit though that I agree with you to some extent but not completely about social media users now and discussions and arguments taking place online these days. I do, almost on a daily basis, run into different users who will initiate very deep or interesting conversations or at least reply wisely and passionately when I provoke them! I use many social media venues and bookmarking sites as well and I must admit, there are always people out there who surprise me daily with their Mixx submissions, tweets, reddits, etc.

Not everyone is looking to be a “top digger” or most followed on Twitter and so on, many are looking to share interests and ideas and learn from others.

As for Google@Omgili, I don't like it so far! But hey, we should give it a chance to prove itself useless or otherwise :)

Thanks again for you input here!

First of all, allow me to thank you for this long and insightful comment! You're feedback is very appreciated!

I must admit though that I agree with you to some extent but not completely about social media users now and discussions and arguments taking place online these days. I do, almost on a daily basis, run into different users who will initiate very deep or interesting conversations or at least reply wisely and passionately when I provoke them! I use many social media venues and bookmarking sites as well and I must admit, there are always people out there who surprise me daily with their Mixx submissions, tweets, reddits, etc.

Not everyone is looking to be a “top digger” or most followed on Twitter and so on, many are looking to share interests and ideas and learn from others.

As for Google@Omgili, I don't like it so far! But hey, we should give it a chance to prove itself useless or otherwise :)

Thanks again for you input here!

Sure some people have always managed to abuse power, but social media websites have been the most democratic venues human beings have came up with. I can't see any other better system in the horizon.

If there were more Arab friends groups on Digg, then you would see more news from Al Jazeera hitting the popular page. It is the masses who decide.

Sure some people have always managed to abuse power, but social media websites have been the most democratic venues human beings have came up with. I can't see any other better system in the horizon.

If there were more Arab friends groups on Digg, then you would see more news from Al Jazeera hitting the popular page. It is the masses who decide.

Popular opinion can have a negative effect on what is available. I have seen it on social network site after social network site. “Friends” produce super users, these super users promote only a few sites and a few views (correct or not) to the detriment of many more interesting sites and views. For me, this has such a negative effect that I do not trust the front page of any social site. For example, on Digg, barely any humour gets through the swamp of lolcats, haz cheeseburgers and xkcd… none of which I find even the slightest bit humorous. Even though Al Jazeera breaks many stories of world importance, I don't think I recall one time that Al Jazeera has hit Diggs front page. The Israeli “friends” groups, and the large Friends groups of Americans ensure that. Yet we see stories of no world importance from CNN hit the front page day after day.

Every site with “friends” is more or less as bad as Digg. We see Linux fanatic “Friend” and Apple fanatic “Friend” groups push inane stories to the front page almost hourly.

Omgilli may not employ friend groups, but western media organizations will still have an undue influence. If Opera starts a bookstore, or recommends a website, you will have people giving great reviews without ever using the site, and without ever seeing the competition to know what to compare it to.

I really do not see it working at all. If I had a suggestion to make things better, I would offer it. Unfortunately the homogenization of the net is certain down this path… with all the variety of American daytime TV as a result. I am hoping that China does spearhead a new set of protocols for an international Web 2, because I miss the days of talking to intelligent people online, with varied interests. Now it is just a popularity contest for average people.

Popular opinion can have a negative effect on what is available. I have seen it on social network site after social network site. “Friends” produce super users, these super users promote only a few sites and a few views (correct or not) to the detriment of many more interesting sites and views. For me, this has such a negative effect that I do not trust the front page of any social site. For example, on Digg, barely any humour gets through the swamp of lolcats, haz cheeseburgers and xkcd… none of which I find even the slightest bit humorous. Even though Al Jazeera breaks many stories of world importance, I don't think I recall one time that Al Jazeera has hit Diggs front page. The Israeli “friends” groups, and the large Friends groups of Americans ensure that. Yet we see stories of no world importance from CNN hit the front page day after day.

Every site with “friends” is more or less as bad as Digg. We see Linux fanatic “Friend” and Apple fanatic “Friend” groups push inane stories to the front page almost hourly.

Omgilli may not employ friend groups, but western media organizations will still have an undue influence. If Opera starts a bookstore, or recommends a website, you will have people giving great reviews without ever using the site, and without ever seeing the competition to know what to compare it to.

I really do not see it working at all. If I had a suggestion to make things better, I would offer it. Unfortunately the homogenization of the net is certain down this path… with all the variety of American daytime TV as a result. I am hoping that China does spearhead a new set of protocols for an international Web 2, because I miss the days of talking to intelligent people online, with varied interests. Now it is just a popularity contest for average people.

Popular opinion can have a negative effect on what is available. I have seen it on social network site after social network site. “Friends” produce super users, these super users promote only a few sites and a few views (correct or not) to the detriment of many more interesting sites and views. For me, this has such a negative effect that I do not trust the front page of any social site. For example, on Digg, barely any humour gets through the swamp of lolcats, haz cheeseburgers and xkcd… none of which I find even the slightest bit humorous. Even though Al Jazeera breaks many stories of world importance, I don't think I recall one time that Al Jazeera has hit Diggs front page. The Israeli “friends” groups, and the large Friends groups of Americans ensure that. Yet we see stories of no world importance from CNN hit the front page day after day.

Every site with “friends” is more or less as bad as Digg. We see Linux fanatic “Friend” and Apple fanatic “Friend” groups push inane stories to the front page almost hourly.

Omgilli may not employ friend groups, but western media organizations will still have an undue influence. If Opera starts a bookstore, or recommends a website, you will have people giving great reviews without ever using the site, and without ever seeing the competition to know what to compare it to.

I really do not see it working at all. If I had a suggestion to make things better, I would offer it. Unfortunately the homogenization of the net is certain down this path… with all the variety of American daytime TV as a result. I am hoping that China does spearhead a new set of protocols for an international Web 2, because I miss the days of talking to intelligent people online, with varied interests. Now it is just a popularity contest for average people.

But I also can see where Amer is coming from. Real-time results is so important. We need just to look at the speed Twitter is gaining popularity in order to realize how important it is. I am sure that it would make a big difference if they add it to omgili.

Great topic Beiruta

But I also can see where Amer is coming from. Real-time results is so important. We need just to look at the speed Twitter is gaining popularity in order to realize how important it is. I am sure that it would make a big difference if they add it to omgili.

Great topic Beiruta

But I also can see where Amer is coming from. Real-time results is so important. We need just to look at the speed Twitter is gaining popularity in order to realize how important it is. I am sure that it would make a big difference if they add it to omgili.

Great topic Beiruta

Real-time means Twitter-fast to most social media users. From my perspective, when an episode of American Idol is in the middle of being aired, you can already start seeing that whoever performed outstandingly (or horribly) is becoming a trending topic. The key phrase that I find as an issue in Omgili is “help you get the results as fast as we find them”. As fast as you (the bot) find them, means that whatever you found a few hours ago, might not be a trending topic at the time of display. No?

Real-time means Twitter-fast to most social media users. From my perspective, when an episode of American Idol is in the middle of being aired, you can already start seeing that whoever performed outstandingly (or horribly) is becoming a trending topic. The key phrase that I find as an issue in Omgili is “help you get the results as fast as we find them”. As fast as you (the bot) find them, means that whatever you found a few hours ago, might not be a trending topic at the time of display. No?

Real-time means Twitter-fast to most social media users. From my perspective, when an episode of American Idol is in the middle of being aired, you can already start seeing that whoever performed outstandingly (or horribly) is becoming a trending topic. The key phrase that I find as an issue in Omgili is “help you get the results as fast as we find them”. As fast as you (the bot) find them, means that whatever you found a few hours ago, might not be a trending topic at the time of display. No?

The difference between the “Buzz” and “Forums & Discussions” is that the results in the “Buzz” are from the past month and it will also show you a Buzz graph (that you can embed on your site).

Cheers,
Ran

The difference between the “Buzz” and “Forums & Discussions” is that the results in the “Buzz” are from the past month and it will also show you a Buzz graph (that you can embed on your site).

Cheers,
Ran

The difference between the “Buzz” and “Forums & Discussions” is that the results in the “Buzz” are from the past month and it will also show you a Buzz graph (that you can embed on your site).

Cheers,
Ran

By real-time, we are referring to having the results show up a few minutes after they are published (or seconds as in Twitter). We wrote an article a few weeks ago titled “Is it time for Google to start tweeting?”, have a look at it, you might get an idea or two :)

Another thing you can think about: How can you give a value in return to blog owners to encourage them to publicize your services and use your search engine instead of Google's default search engine. I mean, Google provides a search box that is embeddable into any site, which uses Google.com to search the site. You can offer that for site owners, but you need to figure out how you can make it really compete with Google's product. What value can you give to me – as a blog owner – to use your engine instead of Google's?

Tough task, I know :P

By real-time, we are referring to having the results show up a few minutes after they are published (or seconds as in Twitter). We wrote an article a few weeks ago titled “Is it time for Google to start tweeting?”, have a look at it, you might get an idea or two :)

Another thing you can think about: How can you give a value in return to blog owners to encourage them to publicize your services and use your search engine instead of Google's default search engine. I mean, Google provides a search box that is embeddable into any site, which uses Google.com to search the site. You can offer that for site owners, but you need to figure out how you can make it really compete with Google's product. What value can you give to me – as a blog owner – to use your engine instead of Google's?

Tough task, I know :P

By real-time, we are referring to having the results show up a few minutes after they are published (or seconds as in Twitter). We wrote an article a few weeks ago titled “Is it time for Google to start tweeting?”, have a look at it, you might get an idea or two :)

Another thing you can think about: How can you give a value in return to blog owners to encourage them to publicize your services and use your search engine instead of Google's default search engine. I mean, Google provides a search box that is embeddable into any site, which uses Google.com to search the site. You can offer that for site owners, but you need to figure out how you can make it really compete with Google's product. What value can you give to me – as a blog owner – to use your engine instead of Google's?

Tough task, I know :P

I think I'd prefer a Twitter/Google mashup like WebMynd. You know what's going on and the community's opinion about a certain topic in real-time. Omgili is attempting to get a wider set of opinions built in including forum discussion and related blog articles, but I do not think it's enough.

DISQUS have a social feature called “Social Media Reactions” which scans and includes all comments from Reddit, Digg, Hacker News and many other social networking/bookmarking site. I think Omgili should look into that and see how they can improve.

Plus, I do not get the difference between “Buzz” and “Forums & Discussion”. It seems like they list the same links!

I think I'd prefer a Twitter/Google mashup like WebMynd. You know what's going on and the community's opinion about a certain topic in real-time. Omgili is attempting to get a wider set of opinions built in including forum discussion and related blog articles, but I do not think it's enough.

DISQUS have a social feature called “Social Media Reactions” which scans and includes all comments from Reddit, Digg, Hacker News and many other social networking/bookmarking site. I think Omgili should look into that and see how they can improve.

Plus, I do not get the difference between “Buzz” and “Forums & Discussion”. It seems like they list the same links!

I think I'd prefer a Twitter/Google mashup like WebMynd. You know what's going on and the community's opinion about a certain topic in real-time. Omgili is attempting to get a wider set of opinions built in including forum discussion and related blog articles, but I do not think it's enough.

DISQUS have a social feature called “Social Media Reactions” which scans and includes all comments from Reddit, Digg, Hacker News and many other social networking/bookmarking site. I think Omgili should look into that and see how they can improve.

Plus, I do not get the difference between “Buzz” and “Forums & Discussion”. It seems like they list the same links!

I am finding it a bit confusing and maybe even biased in the way in might be promoting large companies as mentioned in point 2 in the cons section.

Maybe it will grow on me like Twitter did. Maybe it won't! Only time will tell!

I am finding it a bit confusing and maybe even biased in the way in might be promoting large companies as mentioned in point 2 in the cons section.

Maybe it will grow on me like Twitter did. Maybe it won't! Only time will tell!

I am finding it a bit confusing and maybe even biased in the way in might be promoting large companies as mentioned in point 2 in the cons section.

Maybe it will grow on me like Twitter did. Maybe it won't! Only time will tell!