Since the official launch of his initiative “blekko”, Rich Skrenta has tried to differentiate his search engine from other, major search engines by challenging them on issues like spam , privacy and transperncy. The most apparent difference between Blekko and other horizontal search engines is the use of “slashtags” — custom search engines that are… Continue reading Can Blekko Beat Google?
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Blekko Search Engine for Better SEO
Blekko Makes it out of Beta and Opens for Business Blekko is the creation of Rich Skrenta and his team, who previously brought you Topix and Open Directory. Blekko is a search engine with a twist – slashtags. Using slashtags to perform a search allows users to customize the web so the results they get… Continue reading Blekko Search Engine for Better SEO
Blekko: Slashtag Search
Blekko can score as a search engine though an attempt has been made to tout its social networking abilities. This scoring is done by its professed ability to junk out the spam sites, which are proliferating the web. The approach is refreshingly new. Instead of the standard search engine methodology of key words and algorithms… Continue reading Blekko: Slashtag Search