What people say about Webzzle

“Very useful. To be recommended very quickly to reach Web users. I like the explore feature that helps me find very relevant results in 1 click. I enjoy the enhanced Google results. It definitely saves me a lot of time. Now I start searching on Google and after having found a good starting point, I explore on Webzzle.” Mike, USA

“It’s powerful, it’s fast and it’s particularly accurate. It’s a must have tool for people who look for the right information easily.” Laurent, France

“It is great. What you see is what you get. When you are in a page you like, just press the button and found dozens of similar pages. No typing. Just one click. Thanks guys.”  Litos, Spain

“I’m using Webzzle Explore since a week with Firefox 3.0.4 on my OpenSolaris laptop.
I didn’t have any technical issues or problems with the plug.
It’s really great getting qualified information on just a click. Up to now all the info It sends me is really relevant, and the more people will use and feed it, the better and better it will get”, Amir, France

“It’s powerful, it’s fast and it’s particularly accurate. It’s a must have tool for people who look for the right information easily.” Laurent, France

“It is great. What you see is what you get. When you are in a page you like, just press the button and found dozens of similar pages. No typing. Just one click. Thanks guys.”  Litos, Spain

“I’m using Webzzle Explore since a week with Firefox 3.0.4 on my OpenSolaris laptop.
I didn’t have any technical issues or problems with the plug.
It’s really great getting qualified information on just a click. Up to now all the info It sends me is really relevant, and the more people will use and feed it, the better and better it will get”, Amir, France

“It’s powerful, it’s fast and it’s particularly accurate. It’s a must have tool for people who look for the right information easily.” Laurent, France

“It is great. What you see is what you get. When you are in a page you like, just press the button and found dozens of similar pages. No typing. Just one click. Thanks guys.”  Litos, Spain

“I’m using Webzzle Explore since a week with Firefox 3.0.4 on my OpenSolaris laptop.
I didn’t have any technical issues or problems with the plug.
It’s really great getting qualified information on just a click. Up to now all the info It sends me is really relevant, and the more people will use and feed it, the better and better it will get”, Amir, France

Webzzle Extends Google & Wikipedia with the “1-Click Web Explorer”

Webzzle Extends Google & Wikipedia with the “1-Click Web Explorer”

PALO ALTO, Calif and PARIS, France — June 12, 2008 — Webzzle announced today that it has released a new Firefox add-on to extend the use of Google and Wikipedia. Now, Webzzle enables the users to explore the real-time knowledge Web in 1-Click and get Webzzle & Wikipedia real-time quality results followed by enhanced Google results.

The knowledge Web explorer now returns real-time results. As soon as a contributor saves a Web page in Webzzle using Wikipedia concepts, the knowledge representation of the Web page and the one of the Webzzle user are updated. The Relative Energy levels are recalculated. Thus, the quality of the results is constantly increasing.

The algorithms to find enhanced Google results have been improved. Now, when a user explores by clicking the 1-Click Explore button, Webzzle dynamically extracts the knowledge representation of the Web resource to explore, transform it and pass it to Google Ajax Search API. Webzzle also presents the Google snippets as well as the Webzzle Explore, Discover & Save features to help the users browse the results.

Firefox add-on upgrade. The 1.1 version is language oriented. The English version can be installed, as well as the french version so far. The add-on is compatible with Firefox 3.5. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9929

Webzzle offers publisher tools. The tools aim at enabling the publishers to benefit from the “Explore to know more” feature on their Web site / Blog / Application. On one hand, this feature can help Wikipedia editors to enrich the content they wrote in Wikipedia by enabling new editors to come and bring more knowledge. It can also bring high quality external links to a Wikipedia page. On another hand, it can help all Webmasters drive engaged users to their Web pages and increase quality traffic. http://www.webzzle.com/intl/en/publisher_tools.html

Webzzle brings a personalized search and explore experience. When logged in Webzzle, the user can select its preferred Wikipedia concepts in the organizer. The list of preferred concepts will also appear in the search interface in order to speed the search through Webzzle and Google, without typing anything. It is also possible to conduct a search from the organizer.

About Webzzle & General Internet (GI)
Webzzle’s mission is to enable users to explore and organize the knowledge Web.
Webzzle is the result of 10 years of hard work, passion & innovation (3 international patents) by a handful of engineers. Webzzle is a product of General Internet Company (GI). GI is a Web Science & Technology company seeking to enhance knowledge, invent new solutions to help people solve their problems. GI is committed to users’ benefit, technology and new revenue sharing mechanisms. GI revenues are used to offer grants to services like Wikipedia, open source projects like Mozilla, GlassFish and associations regarding education (like “Monde Sans Frontières” in Paris) and mental diseases (like “L’Oasis” for children in Paris).

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Build Webzzle with you

It’s now 10 years we work on Webzzle’s foundations. Many friends gave us their feedbacks and we thank them.

With their help, we built a product that really solves a tough issue : how to get very relevant information in 1 click. Thanks, thanks and thanks again to them.

We want to enter a new phase : build Webzzle with you to make it best match your expectation.

We have the service, the content and the technology. We need users to enjoy now . You can play a great role in the direction we will follow.

Keeping in mind, in the future,we also want to change the advertising business bringing a new, less annoying, monetization solution on the Web : Knowledge ads called adObjects, we do not want to :
- Use market research to make Webzzle the product you expect. We prefer to listen to you.
- Advertise like others do to promote Webzzle. We prefer to get in touch with you and build strong relationships using words of mouth.
- Use too much PR. We prefer to engage knowledge conversations and talk with you directly.

Only you is important.

Join us on :
- Live Feedback on Uservoice : http://webzzle.uservoice.com
- Live Help on Getsatisfaction : http://getsatisfaction.com/webzzle

Sun & Solaris 10

We just finished moving all Webzzle infrastructure to Solaris 10.

We experienced no issue so far.

Roadmap – Q1 2009

Webzzle & Wikipedia Crawler V2

We have developed the Webzzle Wikipedia crawler V1 to get information from Wikipedia. At present, we are working on the V2 to enhance the crawling mechanism and get more and more Web Resources qualified in Webzzle regarding Wikipedia pages.

Webzzle Explorer Page
We are working on a new page to enable you to explore from the home page.

Webzzle & the Google Explore feature
We welcome feedbacks to know what we can improve.

Webzzle & Sun infrastructure
We are improving the database layer based on top of MySQL 5.1 to face the traffic growth challenge.

Webzzle & Firefox add-on
The Webzzle add-on has been accepted by Mozilla. We need review now to leave the sandbox : https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/9929

Sun Blog – On The Record

After Wikimedia, Sun Open Source Technology Helps Web 2.0 Companies like Webzzle Deliver Rich User Experiences.

http://blogs.sun.com/ontherecord/entry/sun_open_source_technology_helps

Webzzle (General Internet Company) Selects Sun Microsystems to Enhance “1-Click Web Explorer” on Top of Wikipedia (English) for Expanding User-Base Worldwide and Accommodate Meteoric Growth

Webzzle (General Internet Company) Selects Sun Microsystems to Enhance “1-Click Web Explorer” on Top of Wikipedia (English) for Expanding User-Base Worldwide and Accommodate Meteoric Growth

Sun Infrastructure allows Webzzle Users to Benefit from the 1-Click Web Explorer on Top of Wikipedia English Pages and Concepts in a Fraction of a Second and Help Webzzle Become One of Top Most Trafficked Web Sites in the World.

PALO ALTO, Calif and PARIS, France — December 19, 2008 — General Internet Company (GI), that operates Webzzle, announced today that it has selected Sun Microsystems to help it build a secure and scalable open source Web infrastructure. With Sun technology, Webzzle will be able to deliver ever-increasing volumes of explore results and also support the collaborative development and testing of new Webzzle services and  applications.

Webzzle is dedicated to provide the “1-Click Web Explorer” killer application, especially from any Wikipedia English pages. To let the magic begin, users just need to either install the Webzzle Firefox plugin or the Webzzle buttons in their browser. After that, they just have to click the “Webzzle (En) Explore” button from any Web page to get results from Webzzle & Wikipedia contributors and get, at the same time, Google enhanced results.

By developing the service on an open source platform, Webzzle end-users can more easily benefit from great performance. Webzzle is built on top of Sun Java System Web Server 7.0, Sun’s open source Java EE application server Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1, Sun’s MySQL 5.1 database and Sun Open Storage infrastructure. GI is in a position to create a better and faster user experience which is critical to a service like Webzzle.

Webzzle is a service that should become soon one of the most popular Web sites in the world. GI is also a Sun Startup Essentials program member in USA and France. This program enabled GI to get high-performance, enterprise-grade systems at attractive startup prices.

« Webzzle needs a full infrastructure that can handle the ever-evolving needs of a growing, global community that should see more than 10 billion page views per month in the future. » said Juan Carlos Soto, vice-president of Cloud Computing, Sun Microsystems. “Using highly scalable and secure Sun systems and software, Webzzle now has a platform that enhances the experience of its users worldwide and contributes to global knowledge creation and sharing over the Web.”

“We would like to thank Sun Microsystems for their commitment, special programs and offers. As a startup, we rely on the support and understanding of companies like Sun to help offset costs related to rapid growth in our traffic.”

About General Internet Company & Webzzle

GI is a Web Science & Technology company seeking to enhance knowledge, invent new solutions to help people solve their problems. Webzzle’s mission is to enable users to explore and organize the knowledge Web, the meaning based collaborative Web. GI is a young company committed to a bright future, making business in Europe and North America. GI is the result of 10 years of hard work, passion & innovation (3 international patents). GI is committed to users benefit, technology and new revenue sharing mechanisms. GI plans to offer grants to services like Wikipedia, open source projects like Mozilla, GlassFish and associations regarding education (like “Monde Sans Frontières” in Paris) and mental diseases (like “L’Oasis” for children in Paris).

Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Sun Fire, Java, StorageTek, MySQL, Sun Startup Essentials, Solaris and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.

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AltSearchEngine

Charles Knight published his first post regarding Webzzle.

http://www.altsearchengines.com/2008/11/29/what-comes-after-google-wikipedia-webzzle/

Thanks Charles.

Features improvement & Firefox Plugin

Dear users,

Today, we released :
- a new version with the Firefox plugin to explore & and some improvement to the Explore feature
- a slideshare – 2 min (7 slides) – demo : http://www.webzzle.com/intl/en/help.html
or directly on slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/webzzle/webzzle-in-2-minutes-en-presentation

Webzzle V2 Beta US – Go live on november 4th 2008

Dear users,

Webzzle V2 Beta US is going live on november 4th 2008, a great day in the world history for us too .

The french version will be released soon. The concepts database is still under construction.

Now, Webzzle will focus on one feature : enable the users to explore the Web in one click.

We decided to offer this feature from Wikipedia first.

How it works :
1) You have to add the Webzzle buttons in your browser toolbar. Go the help section to add them : http://www.webzzle.com/intl/en/add_buttons.html
2) Afterwards, when you look at a Wikipedia page, just click ‘Webzzle Explore’ button to get the most relevant Web pages.

We are pleased to announce the following significant changes, result of what we’ve done since 1,5 year :
- Concepts are coming from Wikipedia (more than 2 millions and growing)
- Web resources are coming from Wikipedia external links (at the very beginning)
- Autocomplete feature enables users to easily find concepts
- Search page is very light
- Explorer page is presenting the top concepts and the lastest Web resources saved by contributors

The system has been so deeply changed we decided to drop all the alpha database. You’ll have to register again and organize you Web. Sorry about that. We will give you an access to the old Webzzle V1 on this blog soon.

We hope you’ll enjoy Webzzle Explorer on a daily basis.

The Webzzle team.