Worio.com - A New Search Engine Surfaces

Worio is a new search engine which emphasizes the role that social aspects play on the WWW today, and lets you find sites of interest not by providing keywords but by letting you visualize the preferred online destinations of your peers and colleagues. In actuality (and as it is pointed out online) this process should be termed “Discovery” instead of “Search”.

As regards the implementation of this process, Worio (which stands for “Web of Research”) learns about your interests through your tagging and click-through behavior. This process can be personalized as you see fit, too, so that your privacy will be respected.

On the other hand, you can easily invite your acquaintances to join Worio and see what they are tagging by looking at your “Friends” page. Likewise, the discovery pane always highlights what those in your close circle have been up to as of late.

As it is pointed out online, keyword search has already evolved to a satisfactory level, and any improvement will just be incremental. Resources such as this one stand as a healthy start towards a different approach with the potential to modify the way we access information on the web. As such, it merits at least a brief visit and some consideration.

“The next generation of web search technology won't be about keyword search. Google already does this well, and any improvement will likely be incremental. Rather, the future lies in providing you what you aren't finding through keywords--sites you currently find through friends, colleagues, blogs, or simply by chance. We call this “discovery” rather than “search” because the goal is to introduce you to new and interesting information rather than to give you just what you searched for.”

It is a compelling development in the field of web-based search and discovery.

How does the tagging system works? How can it be expanded?