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1. Eurekster

   Eurekster was a New Zealand-based company that built social search engines for use on websites, which were referred to as "swickis" (for "search plus wiki"). The company was based in Christchurch, with an office in San Francisco, 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 SLI Systems, which specialize in search engines that learns from users. According to Marder, "Eurekster pioneered vertical, social search..."Eurekster launched to the public on 21 January 2004.In 2007, Eurekster hosted around 100,000 swickis for various websites, which total approximately 20 million searches per month, or around 800,000 searches per day.The company shut down sometime after 2010.

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1. Eurekster

   Eurekster is a company founded in Christchurch, New Zealand, with an office located in San Francisco, California, that builds social search engines for use on websites, the search engines are called "swickis". Launching to the public on 21 January 2004, Eurekster hosts around 100,000 swickis for various websites, which total approximately 20 million searches per month, or around 800,000 searches per day. Mark Cuban on Blog Maverick explained the swicki: "Add their search engine to your site. They will rank results based on what actions people who search from your site take... and show results that maximize relevance to the sites' community." According to their chief executive officer, Steven Marder: "Eurekster pioneered vertical, social search..." The co-founder and chief scientist of Eurekster is Dr. Grant Ryan, who is also the co-founder and chairman of Christchurch-based company, SLI Systems, who specialize in search engines that learns from the users. In May 2006, Red Herring selected Eurekster as one of their favorite companies that push the technological limits in North America. Marder told WebProNews, "We are honored to have been selected by Red Herring for this prestigious award that serves as a testament to Eurekster's vision, technology and business model."

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1. Eurekster

   Eurekster provides social search technologies. Its custom search portal and widget (called “swicki”) uses the content produced by online communities to improve search results. With Eurekster, web publishers can build and customize their swicki search portal on any topic, and share and distribute the social search widget to grow a community of interested users. With every search, the swicki becomes more relevant and meaningful to the user community, and more valuable to the swicki builder.Eurekster is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with research and development located in Christchurch, New Zealand.Eurekster has global reach in over 15 countries and is Asian Language enabled. Customers include branded sites, social networks, top blogs and blog platforms. Eurekster was founded in 2004 by a core team including digital media and search technology veterans Steven Marder, who is CEO, and Grant Ryan, who is Chief Scientist. Eurekster is privately held and venture backed. Investors include Technology Venture Partners (TVP), Transcosmos, Tapit Partners and various angels.

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   The numerical value of eurekster in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

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   The numerical value of eurekster in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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