Eurekster was a

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-based company that built social search engines for use on websites, which were referred to as "swickis" (for "search plus wiki"Eurekster ready to Digg?
Market Watch Blog, 25 January 2007). The company was based in

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, with an office in

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, California. It was co-founded by Grant Ryan and Steven Marder, who served as its chief scientist and CEO, respectively. Ryan is also the co-founder and chairman of the Christchurch-based company

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, which specialize in search engines that learns from users.Eurekster management
/ref> According to Marder, "Eurekster pioneered vertical, social search..." Eurekster launched to the public on 21 January 2004. Sullivan, Danny
Eurekster Launches Personalized Social Search
21 January 2004 In 2007, Eurekster hosted around 100,000 swickisEurekster 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

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, 3 January 2007. The company shut down sometime after 2010.

Praise

In May 2006,

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selected Eurekster as one of their favorite companies that push the technological limits in North America.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

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