Gallery: Kosmix social search

ZDNet's Jennifer Leggio says in these times of rampant social media adoption peer recommendations on content are becoming more prevalent over Google's static (albeit savvy) search that first delivers the corporate sales page.

By ZDNet UK, Contributor Oct. 6, 2009 at 7:24 a.m. PT

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ZDNet's Jennifer Leggio says "in these times of rampant social media adoption peer recommendations on content are becoming more prevalent over Google's static (albeit savvy) search that first delivers the corporate sales page. I need more out of my search relationship, and Kosmix gives me much more." Read what she has to say about Kosmix.

Screenshot: Kosmix - Click on any image to enlarge.

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Searching iPod on Kosmix gives you the Wikipedia entry right on top and lets you easily see who is tweeting about the topic. If you scroll down further you can see links to recent blog posts, topics associated with the iPod Touch, videos, and all kinds of fun stuff, right on one topic page.

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Here's the hockey page.

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You can join in the current conversations.

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The media page is outdated, a new season has started without you.

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Here's the reference section.

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The iPod geekery section gives Gizmodo stories.

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