Laith Zraikat

A while back I wrote about the emerging problem of having too much content being produced so quickly, but not organized quickly enough or properly enough. The blogging phenomenon was the answer to the question of content management, but provided little or no answer for knowledge management. Sure, blog search engines such as Technorati, along with blogging communities provided some of the answer.

I mentioned that an answer to this problem can come in the form of "… smaller and more specialized sites/engines which cover a specific topic, organizing and presenting relevant information in a way that is geared towards a specific audience."

In comes Swicki, A new idea that is exactly about that- Providing dedicated search engines for people to build and train around topics that are relevant to their sites/communities- is gradually picking up pace.

Not only that, but Eurekster is also planning to introduce a revenu making model for Swicki users. An innovative tool AND a revenue model for the company and it's users. how great is that?!

It's interesting to see how large companies always miss coming up with these small innovations. And the larger they get the less innovative and risk taking they become. I see this as an opportunity missed by Google. It is so obvious that such a service should have been provided by them, just as they provided dedicated site search for millions of sites.

It really makes sense to assume that the giant search engines will never be able to cover the web's entire wealth of information, not even Google. And even if they do cover it, they will never be able to organize it all the way people want. Swikis might just be the answer to that problem.

However, I think the real test is to see if such small search engines will ever survive on their own or will they always have to be coupled with a web site, being it a blog, a blog network or a blogging community that focuses on one or several specific topics?

I am so thrilled to announce that "Jeeran Blogs" is officially out of beta phase.
A lot of enhancements have been put in, including a prettier UI. The most significant feature in this update is the Blogger Importer. If you want to move from Blogger.com to Jeeran Blogs, you can now take all you posts and comments along. Nothing is left behind ?, and with no hassle at all. All you have to do is submit a request to our support team and they will do the rest.

Among the people who moved to Jeeran during the testing phase and who we want to thank are:

Read more about our Blogger Importer.

Another major enhancement is the ability to further customize the look of your Blog. We have given you full control over your template's CSS code, which means that you can change almost any element in your Blog.

Thanks goes to the entire Jeeran team on a job well done; Developers, writers, designers, testers and most importantly our customer support for helping our members and keeping then happy ? And to our partners who continue to help and support us in our mission to change the world.

More amazing things to come from Jeeran, so stay tuned. This is just the beginning.