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right Eurekster is a company founded in Christchurch, New Zealand, with an office located in San Francisco, California, that builds social search engines for use on websites, the search engines are called "swickis" (search plus wiki〔(Eurekster ready to Digg? ) Market Watch Blog, 25 January 2007〕). Launching to the public on 21 January 2004,〔Sullivan, Danny: (Eurekster Launches Personalized Social Search ) 21 January 2004〕 Eurekster hosts around 100,000 swickis〔(Eurekster Selected by AlwaysOn Media as Top 100 Private Company Award Winner Recognized for Leadership in Emerging Technology ) dBusinessNews. 18 January 2007.〕 for various websites, which total approximately 20 million searches per month, or around 800,000 searches per day.〔Enge, Eric. (Are Vertical Search Engines the Answer to Relevance? ) Search Engine Watch, 3 January 2007.〕 Mark Cuban on Blog Maverick explained the swicki: "Add their search engine to your site. They will rank results based on what actions people who search from your site take... and show results that maximize relevance to the sites' community."〔Cuban, Mark. (Eurekster & The Best Sales Idea I have seen in a long time ) 15 April 2006〕 According to their chief executive officer, Steven Marder: "Eurekster pioneered vertical, social search..."〔 The co-founder and chief scientist of Eurekster is Dr. Grant Ryan,〔(Eurekster management )〕 who is also the co-founder and chairman of Christchurch-based company, SLI Systems, who specialize in search engines that learns from the users. In May 2006, Red Herring selected Eurekster as one of their favorite companies that push the technological limits in North America. Marder told WebProNews, "We are honored to have been selected by Red Herring for this prestigious award that serves as a testament to Eurekster's vision, technology and business model."〔Utter, David A. (Eurekster Reels In Red Herring Award ) WebProNews, 23 May 2006〕 Eurekster was, on 17 January 2007, announced one of the 100 best companies by AlwaysOn Media 100. The selection was made by focusing on "innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value creation, and media attention or 'buzz'"〔(AlwaysOn Unveils the AO Media 100 Winners ) 17 January 2007〕 == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eurekster」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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