Here’s a little Saturday night spotlight on Alternative Search Engine Sproose. 

10 reasons why you should check them out this week:


1. It’s Human Powered Search.

Real people shape the rankings on Sproose – leading to really different results. Unlike other search engines that give results based on algorithms, corporate funding, and the opinions of web masters, Sproose gives the power of search ranking to you, the user.

2. You can Sproose It Up! by voting.

Simply click the “I Like It” link next to each result to cast your vote. The site will immediately move up. As a registered user your votes instantly improve the search results for other Sproose users.

3. You can share your vote history.

Registered users can share their vote history with other users who have similar interests. This option allows people to explore and network related web-pages with other people on Sproose. Of course, if a user would prefer to keep their vote history private and keep their votes anonymous, they can easily do so.

4. Leave your comments.

By letting users comment on a page, Sproose is supporting dialogue between people about what they find relevant, useful, and interesting.

5. Sproose automatically creates tags.

Sproose makes retrieving favorite sites easy. When a registered user votes a site Sproose automatically creates a web page tag for the popular sites.

6. Sproose helps to control Spam.

And so do you! If you think a page is spam or just don’t like it, you can remove the page from the index just by clicking on the “remove” button. The site will only be removed from your personal index. However, if many Sproose users identify a bad site it will be eliminated from ranking results.

7. Sproose’s registration is Free and Easy.

Registration just requires your e-mail and a password. This step helps Sproose ensure that everyone is real and allows Sproose to save your vote history for you.

8. Privacy is Important.

Sproose takes your privacy seriously.  They only store your votes associated with the web page address and the query. In case you just search and don’t vote, they store no information at all. During registration and later in your profile setting you choose whether other users are allowed to see your vote history or not. By choosing an anonymous profile other users will not see you as a Recent Visitor to their profile. Unlike other search engines that accumulate data on your searches Sproose does not track, store, or compile your URL or site visits in any way.

9. Sproose just announced that Google’s release of a public test has similar features, but with limited functionality, that Sproose pioneered.  

Google Labs has announced a feature, providing user voting in the search results as a three- week experiment but affecting only each single user and not benefiting the entire community as in the Sproose model.  “It certainly validates that user improved results is the next big step in search. Sproose has already quadrupled its user growth since launching,” says Bob Pack, CEO.
 
10.  Add a “Sproose It Up!” voting button on your webpage. 

To improve your Sproose ranking.  Your users can vote for your webpage directly from your website.


Convinced?  Click here to take a tour of Sproose, the Voting search engine.