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  • Wowd Updates Social Search App For Facebook

    Social search company Wowd, has released a new Web version of its service it says is focused exclusively on cutting through the clutter on Facebook and surfacing content that is the most relevant.

    “We want to give people a simple tool they can really use – one that makes their online social lives easier,” said Mark Drummond, CEO of Wowd.

    “We listen carefully to our users and do our best to incorporate their feedback whenever we can to ensure the best possible experience.”

    Wowd Overview from Wowd on Vimeo.

     

    The new Web version of Wowd for Facebook features:

    *Custom Feeds: See specific people or topics in your Facebook news feed.

    *SmartFeeds: View natural groupings of friends.

    *No Game Spam: View your feed without spam.

    *Social Search Inside Facebook: Search for any topic in your Facebook news feed.

    *Conversation Summaries: See at a glance what your friends are talking about.

    *Plus! Update your status, comment on posts, ‘like’ items, and browse your social graph.

     

  • Wowd Launches Social Search App For Facebook

    Real-time search engine Wowd has released a free downloadable social discovery and search tool for Facebook aimed at cutting through the clutter and helping users find the most relevant information.

    Wowd’s "Social Discovery Client for Facebook" offers users "at a glance" view of what’s trending among friends, customized news feeds by people or topics and the ability to block game spam.

    "Wowd makes it easy to search for and find information that matters most to you in Facebook," said Mark Drummond, CEO, Wowd Inc.

    Wowd Desktop Client (Social) from Wowd on Vimeo.

    "The average Facebook user has about 130 friends and sees hundreds of status updates per day. Our new Social Discovery Client makes it easy for people to filter and find the best of what’s posted and shared within their Facebook social graph so they can get back to enjoying social interactions and not get distracted by unwanted noise."

    The Social Discovery app allows users to filter feeds by time range, keywords and by friends that matter most. The app also offers users summary views of what people are talking about on Facebook including trending topics, and who is posting the most.

    The Wowd app is available for download for Mac, Windows and Linux operating systems.
     

     

  • Real-Time Search Engine Adds New Features

    Real-time search engine Wowd, has introduced a real-time tag cloud and a real-time streaming feature to its search service.

    The real-time tag cloud is based on hot topics customized to an individual’s search query. Wowd’s "Hot Topics" tag cloud offers a slice of the most popular topics online, including blogs, news, and the most discussed topics on Twitter.

    Users can personalize their own tag cloud by downloading Wowd’s browser application or they can stick with a basic tag cloud based on the most popular pages people are visiting in real-time.

    The company’s new SearchStream feature continuously crawls the web looking for new information related to a user’s search query. Results roll in automatically from across the web. SearchStream is also available by downloading Wowd’s browser application.

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    Other real-time search engines include OneRiot, which was rumored to be in talks with Yahoo last year, CrowdEye and Collecta.

    "These features highlight the best aspect of Wowd’s real-time search: fortuitous discovery," said Mark Drummond, CEO, Wowd Inc.

    "Wowd doesn’t solely rely on tweets for real-time information. Our results are based on what the majority of people are interested in across the entire Web, at any given moment."