I'm excited to announce the launch of Topicala Business, a new search tool for UK businesses! List your business for free to add your description, services, contact info, and more. Topicala Business also searches the web to show you what customers and competitors are saying. Find your listing using your company number (www.topicala.com/business/{companyNumber}) or search by business name (e.g., www.topicala.com/business/topicala or www.topicala.com/business/06512461). We're using data from Companies House and currently have over 169,000 companies listed. Claim your free listing now to boost your visibility on Google and other search engines. I'm eager to hear your feedback and suggestions for future features!
I've integrated Topicala into Facebook, allowing users to search the internet without leaving the platform. Check out the app at http://apps.facebook.com/topicala/. It's easy to use, requires no personal data, and was a breeze to develop. I'd love to hear your feedback!
Introducing Topicala Desktop, a new application developed in partnership with Rosetta Software Ltd. This handy tool allows users to search Topicala.com directly from any Windows application by simply highlighting text and pressing CTRL+T. It's perfect for anyone who needs quick access to information, like journalists and students. Whether you're reading an email, a legal document in Microsoft Word, or anything else, Topicala Desktop provides instant search results in Internet Explorer. Download and install this free tool today!
I've launched two new beta features for Topicala: Topicala Popular and Topicala People. Topicala Popular helps you discover trending content online, similar to Digg or Delicious, by tracking site visitors via an embedded image. Topicala People helps you find people online using hCard microformats. You can get your information on Topicala People by wrapping it in hCards and either including the Topicala image or pinging our server. These features will soon integrate directly into Topicala's main search. Try them out and let me know your feedback!
I'm developing a Digg-like platform called Topicala to help smaller blogs gain more visibility. I'm looking for beta testers with small blogs to try out the new features. If you're interested, please email me at paul.kinlan@gmail.com or leave a comment on this post.
I read Chris Anderson's "Long Tail" and found it insightful, albeit a bit verbose. While many of the concepts about choice, aggregators, and filters felt obvious, the book effectively highlights their importance. I realized I'd already implemented a "long tail" approach on this blog by creating a tag directory (http//:www.kinlan.co.uk/tag/{anytag}) to link related posts and resources. This led to the development of Topicala (http://www.topicala.com/), a meta-search engine that aggregates results from multiple search engines based on tags.
I've started gathering hCard stats on topicala.com thanks to pingerati.net. hCards are a machine-readable microformat for contact information that can be embedded in HTML. Pingerati notifies services like mine when hCards are updated. To get your hCard included in the stats, ping pingerati at http://pingerati.net/ping/[your updated url]. I'm excited about the potential of microformats and plan to add more services to topicala as more data becomes available. Learn how to create an hCard at http://microformats.org/code/hcard/creator.
I've decided to make the Topicala software distributable so anyone can run it. I'll release the code soon, after re-deploying it under kinaln.co.uk. It'll be maintainable and modifiable, allowing others to have a similar setup on their own sites. If you're interested, let me know!
I'm building a hierarchical tag directory for Topicala and need your help populating it. You can add tags via the web interface or by using the API: http://www.topicala.com/api/add/[TagName] to add a new tag and http://www.topicala.com/api/add/[ParentTag]/[ChildTag] to create parent/child relationships. Your contributions will eventually allow users to filter search results more effectively.
I'm thrilled to announce the launch of my new blog on topicala.com! Visit http://www.topicala.com/blog to stay updated on all the latest news and developments related to my Topicala aggregating search engine.
I've just added OPML output to Topicala, my topical result aggregation engine. Now, all results displayed on the site are also available in OPML format. Check it out and let me know what you think!
I'm excited to announce the launch of my new project, Topicala! It's a topical search aggregator where you enter a topic and discover all the related information. It's almost complete, just needs a few bug fixes and OPML output. Try it out with some example searches and give me your feedback!
