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Monday, June 09, 2003
Moreover Set to Roll Out New Blog Database
I was thinking of making this juicy tidbit into an article, but then I realized: it's timely, it's topical, and it's not long enough to be an article (and besides, I'm too lazy to call anyone for an interview right now). And plus, it's actually about weblogs. That seals it. I must blog. Beware of infinite regress.
After being critical of Moreover's recent drift towards mediocrity (indexing too many short articles bordering on weblog entries), Traffick has learned that Moreover Technologies plans to roll out a new weblog database. So far, the company has aggregated 17,000 weblogs, resulting in (thus far) about 1,000 daily articles (or "entries," or "blog entries") being indexed.
As with the existing article "metabase," Moreover's blog database will be extensively categorized with a combination of editorial guidance and XML-enabled feeds. It promises to be one of the freshest and most usable blog search tools available, and should give competitors a run for their money. Expect a few wrinkles, though, that imply that Moreover may be forging productive ties with competitors. We're told that weblogs may be tagged and rated according to PageRank (just a rumor at this stage) as well as something called "Moreover rank" based on editorial decisions about source quality.
Eagerly anticipating the rollout? I am, since I'm better at just going in and playing around with new toys than I am at describing them. It should be out in July.
Posted by
Andrew Goodman
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