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Sproose Deploys Social Search Application On The Facebook Platform Danville, CA. July 19, 2007. Sproose, the leader in human powered search results, recently launched a voting and sharing technology called "Best WebPages" on the popular open API platform of Facebook. With the new "Best WebPages" widget, Facebook users can recommend sites and remotely vote for sites through Sproose. A thumbnail picture of each recommended site is created and displayed on the user's profile as a helpful link. The user can add their own personal comments and opinions of the site and share them with Facebook friends. "Sharing video and web sites is really popular, so it's a great tool because it's convenient and fun," states Bob Pack, CEO of Sproose. Sproose delivers a human powered search engine where each user has the ability to rank the index creating improved search results. The more users that vote for a site the further up in the ranking it goes. Additionally, Sproose users can choose to connect with each other and easily access their own vote history. The rating of search results is done without downloading applications to ensure privacy. Sproose delivers a very high quality index that can be improved upon by each individual user bringing a unique experience to the 30 million Facebook users. The application is called "Best WebPages" and is available on Facebook at www.facebook.com. Facebook users can find it at http://apps.facebook.com/best-webpages/. Experience Sproose at www.sproose.com. Facebook is a registered trademark of its owners with all rights reserved. About Sproose Sproose provides a consumer search engine whereby the users can influence the ranking of the index by voting on the results. Each user is able to create a different set of search results when searching under the same keyword. With its proprietary 'Knowledge Rank' moderated directory technologies, Sproose users can effectively categorize and index sites, tailored for personal or group usage. The rating of search results is done without downloading applications to ensure privacy. Additional information about Sproose can be found by visiting our website: |