Alta Vista was a search engine that determined web page relevance for some query and then came the time when web began to be viewed as the documents network with Google. And right now almost all the search engines are trying to analyze linking approach all over the web.

If there are more links for a web page, it begins to get more influence and gets more attention than the pages that are involved in this competition of attention. As Jeff Jarvis has previously said that links would serve as a currency in the coming online world and it’s proving true right now, as they serve to build branding, granting authority and equaling value.

Right loads of real time content is being created these days and it can’t be kept up by Google or some search engines. A considerable quantity of this content relates to Twitter, but some other players like Digg, Facebook, FreindFeed and some other are continuously adding in it.  That is where Topsy can reap the full benefit. it can’t be reckoned as a search engine for real time like Scoopler, contrarily, it’s just a search engine that seems to offer new ways of getting some new results.

There are more than 30m or even more Twitter users that are no less than a crowd of small content finding machines and according to Topsy these users are providing millions of unique links on the site everyday and these links really relates to catchy things found online and these Tweets would be the new currency of the web instead of traditional links.

Source: techcrunch

Digg Boss, Kevin Rose says in a interview that his company is considering some really serious overhauling of the social networking site.

According to Digg boss, the social networking site will soon be given a totally new direction and new Digg search options are something that really indicates towards it.

However, he avoided providing enough details and just said that it’s going to do something really serious.

In another interview Rose has said that he wants more increase in the participation of the web site users and they are going to introduce some new products that will help to make top stories getting 50,000 votes or more.

“The step we are going to take is going to the biggest revamping for the site and you will see that how we succeed to give digg an utterly new direction and you will also be allowed to find out how things work behind the scene.”

When asked about the excepted arrival date of the new services, Rose told that they are due in the coming six months and it will not be all about logo change, as you will find lots of other changes too.

“The basic motive behind all these changes is to make Digg something really impressive in real-time nature,” he added.

Source: Techcrunch.com