SearchTeam
Encyclopedia
SearchTeam.com is a collaborative search
and curation engine
. SearchTeam allows collaborators to search together as a team for web pages, videos, pictures, reference materials, books and articles, and scholarly articles. SearchTeam was launched in July 2011 by Zakta.
, Twitter
, Google
, LinkedIn
, and Yahoo accounts, and can pick collaborators from their contacts and social networks.
Cited benefits and uses of SearchTeam include:
Collaborative search engine
Collaborative Search Engines are an emerging trend for Web search and Enterprise search within company intranets. CSEs let users concert their efforts in information retrieval activities, share information resources collaboratively using knowledge tags, and allow experts to guide less experienced...
and curation engine
Curation
Curation may refer to:*Digital curation, the preservation and maintenance of digital assets*Sheer curation, a minimalist form of digital curationCuration may also be:*The work performed by a curator*Archiving, historical record keeping...
. SearchTeam allows collaborators to search together as a team for web pages, videos, pictures, reference materials, books and articles, and scholarly articles. SearchTeam was launched in July 2011 by Zakta.
Features
In SearchTeam, collaborative search is conducted within a SearchSpace. Collaborators search the Web together, save and edit their results into the SearchSpace, and pick up next time where they left off. Results are organized into folders within the SearchSpace. Within these folders, collaborators can comment on search results, "like" them, post their thoughts, add search results, post links, or upload documents. Users can login using their FacebookFacebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a business-related social networking site. Founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking. , LinkedIn reports more than 120 million registered users in more than 200 countries and territories. The site is available in English, French,...
, and Yahoo accounts, and can pick collaborators from their contacts and social networks.
Benefits of collaborative search
The general benefit of a collaborative search engine is that collaborators can search together, save search results, share and discuss them in one place. This could save time, avoid repeated work, and leverage group knowledge when working with colleagues on a business project, collaborating on a school group project, or sharing interesting things with friends and family.Cited benefits and uses of SearchTeam include:
- Students collaborating on research in academic setting
- Students working together on group projects
- Planning travel or vacation with friends or family
- Researching a new innovation, a technology detail, or a competitive intelligence problem
- Investigating a new market direction or new market opportunities
- Professional as well as amateur genealogy research