Real time web startups are all the rage as internet users are becoming aware of the fact that news can travel almost instantly across the web. We used to search based on relevancy alone, now we search for relevancy that is trending. Real-time web apps and services are aimed at meeting the demand for finding out what’s happening now.
Sency offers both a search for users and feeds for webmasters. The search allows users to see what is going on right now. A spam filter has been implemented in an effort to weed out some of the spam. And, to the right of the search, in the header, you will see a link for today’s most popular links. This functionality allows you to see the most popular links for a given keyword from today. So, if you search for fishing, you can see which links have been shared the most by the people with the most authority today, on the real time web. Unlike a search from a traditional search engine, results from sites such as Sency change by the minute, offering new information and a unique experience each time.
Sency has also built two widgets for other websites and blogs to publish. The first widget offers content for websites. (http://sency.com/feed.php) The great thing about this widget is that it is completely private labeled so that it flows well with a website. There are also several customization options allowing websites to control keyword, width and height, color, as well as whether or not to display the source. The other widget allows any website or blog to display today’s most popular links for a given keyword. (http://sency.com/linksfeed.php) So, a blog about cooking can display a list of today’s top cooking links. The links automatically update each day allowing a website to have fresh links on their site each day.
Below, I’ve actually included their supplied javascript to display 5 links including the word “blogging” as a list, matching the colors and style of my site for the most part. It would certainly be handier in a sidebar, but I wanted you to see the power of displaying real-time content from across the web based on a keyword.
Real-time search engines have some issues to weed out, such as filtering out the junk, but the technology will be maturing quickly over the next year or two and sites like Sency are hitting the scene at just the right time.
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Sency is very useful.
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Just wanted to say hi. I’m new and I like it here so far!!
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I liked the idea of real time content, re-tweeted your post and I am heading to check Sency now!
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Glad it was helpful to you – I’m enjoying Sency so far.