Archive for April, 2008

gloofi needs testers!

April 15, 2008

Hello all,

since gloofi is now available to everybody I am asking to get some users to test the functionality.

gloofi is an all new Search Engine trying to break out of the ordinary by adding Social Network functions and providing the user with Tools to manage the Index. A Reward Point System will help to keep the users and enable a never before seen quality ranking.

For more Information on gloofi, visit the main Blog at gloofi.wordpress.com or go to gloofi and check out the Videos @ http://www.gloofi.com/videos.php

Since I am only one person building this site, I need help with testers to find the flaws still in the system.

Thanks,

Martin

gloofi….share, approve, reward. Get involved!

April 15, 2008

Hello all,

this little Post should tell you about the 3 steps on how to make the most out of gloofi.

First: SHARE
Share means to share your sites or any other site you like and add them to the gloofi Index. Your Personal sites are easy to add and always available in your account.

Add personal items to gloofi Index

Finally, your sites will be found since they are automatically linked together so when one of your private sites is found, all your other sites are available in the same search result in the Preview window for the found item.

You can also add any other item/site you like by selecting “Add Item” on the gloofi front page.

Add any item to gloofi Index

In addition to the standard information for each item, such as; Categories, Type, Name, Description and Tags, you can also add a physical Address, Search Phrases, Link the site to other pages and select how often the site should be crawled.

gloofi advanced item entry

Second: APPROVE
There are 2 ways to approve items. 1st is using the standard approval process which shows one random page after another to be approved and 2nd is the all new “Direct Approval” service directly in the Search Result. Since gloofi has over 6 Billion pages Indexed, it will always show a result however, the users are wanted to distinguish between useful and useless sites so that only useful sites come into the Premier Index.

NOTE:
Trying to miss use the approval process will result in excluding all approved sites, loss of all Reward Points and cancellation of gloofi Account!

See the next Screenshot on how the “Direct Approval” looks like:

gloofi direct approval Screen

Third: REWARD POINTS
The most important piece in gloofi is the Reward Point System. This System will ensure that only users with sufficient Points are able to approve sites and thus set the quality high. In addition, the Reward Points will become Shares in gloofi or might become Cash once gloofi is profitable. This will create a higher loyalty and enables users to be part of what they create. Since the Reward Points are a measurement for each user, they are also used to calculate page rankings depending on the user activity on gloofi making sure that not registered users or users with less Points do not “mess up” the Index.

Please Note that gloofi has been built entirely by one person and that I do not have anybody to help or to test. I ask you to go to gloofi and play with it. Check out all the Videos to see what gloofi can do since you have never seen so many functions in a Search Engine;-)

Please let me know what you think.

Best,

Martin

gloofi update and information Video

April 15, 2008

Hello all,

it has been very busy lately since many errors needed to be fixed on gloofi since the day it opened to the public as Alpha 1.1 and now to Alpha 1.2. Also new functions like “Direct Approval” and better language search capabilities have been added.

This Post is to give you a heads up on what gloofi is and how to use it to make it better in the future.

gloofi is a new Search Engine giving all the power to the user (Forgive me, I didn’t find a better term). Users can share their sites by adding them to gloofi as well as adding any other page of interest. Sites than get approved by gloofi stuff or other users. Once the sites are approved, they are in the premier Index and will always show up before non approved items. The best thing is that for all your effort you get Reward Points. Watch this little Video to get some insight information:

All the best,

Martin