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How To: Create a Killer “Soccer News” Dashboard with OneRiot

11/06/09 - Posted by Tobias Peggs under Life at OneRiot, OneRiot News, Sports

picture-1138 I was talking to a fellow Brit last night about a new soccer-related start up he’s building. Then I got to thinking… I’d love someone to build a “soccer news” dashboard from the realtime data that OneRiot delivers.

We’ve blogged before about the way OneRiot indexes and ranks. You can read more about it in our (mercifully short) white paper. Broadly speaking, our results reflect the current “pulse” on the web for any subject. We find “the good stuff” that people are buzzing about right now.

Specifically on that “soccer dashboard” idea, here are a few neat tricks you can employ to get the most out of our index and ranking algorithm.

You can do a “multiple domain search” on OneRiot, and add a key word. So, for example, here is a search to find the buzz on Manchester United from the British press.

We can then feed that information to you via RSS, like we’ve done here.

This means you can syndicate and/or present that information how you see fit.

OneRIot also has an API, so you could do server side integration and work with the XML or JSON that we return. This contains a rich set of “social metadata” (such as the ability to see which user shared a particular link on what service on the social web). Do an API call for every team, if you want (but maybe leave out Hull, because they will be relegated before you finish your project ;-)

Finally, you could take a stream of our results for a particular team and feed them into a Twitter account. Twitter followers would then see a stream of links to the buzziest content on the web for their favorite team. An easy way to do this is via Twitterfeed (we use this for our RiotFeeds). Here’s one I just made last week that tracks the buzziest stories from the British Press on Chelsea FC - @ChelseaFCBuzz - it’s killer content!

As a football-crazy Brit abroad, I’d love someone to build this. If you do, let me know - you’ll be my homepage in a heartbeat.

Tonight // Chic Meets Geek @ Automattic

11/05/09 - Posted by Carmel Hagen under Industry, OneRiot News

picture-642 Tonight, OneRiot is attending an event that we’re totally tickled over. Presented by Carol Tran in conjunction with the San Francisco Opera, the party will mesh the Bay Area’s tech community with a rather rare set of people in the computer world - those who know their shoe from their shoelace.

It’s called Chic Meets Geek, and it will attempt to connect the dots between high tech and high society amidst a blur of presentations, demos, mixed drinks and mingling. Among the words we shall apparently be able to utter in the same breath while in attendance: Stem Cells, Hackery, Mick Jagger, Android, Dallas Cowboys, MTV and Shark Tank. We’ll certainly be trying to squeeze as many of those in as possible during our OneRiot demo, so if you’ve a free night ahead of you, click on over this way to nab a ticket - we’d love to meet you there!

Where: Automattic, Pier 38
When: 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Event Website: http://ow.ly/wI5J

In attendance: Randi Zuckerberg, Facebook; Matt Mullenweg, Founder of Automattic & WordPress; Damon Dunn, Former NFL Football Player of the Dallas Cowboys; Mattin Noblia, Reality Star of Top Chef Las Vegas & Owner/Chef of Iluna Basque & more!

Zibb Business Search Goes Realtime

10/07/09 - Posted by Carmel Hagen under Industry, OneRiot News

picture-740Today Reed Business Information used OneRiot’s API to add realtime results to the search pages at Zibb.com, adding another layer of relevancy to their industry-specific search results.

Say, for example, I’m a Typographer, and I want to get a broad sense for the state of my industry as a whole. A traditional search engine would give me this (basically answering the question: what is typography?) but a search on Zibb will open several interesting windows. What’s the latest typography news? What are my competitors up to? What is my industry buzzing about today (cue OneRiot!).

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The layer of information that realtime results are adding to this customized search environment is exciting, and we’re thrilled about this amazing use of our API. Congrats to Zibb on their successful launch - we can’t wait to see what Reed properties this lands on next!

Realtime Search: Opportunity Or Hype? Kimbal’s at SMX East!

10/06/09 - Posted by Courtney Walsh under OneRiot News

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Our CEO, Kimbal Musk, is speaking today at the Search Marketing Expo (SMX) East conference in New York City. If you happen to be at the show – don’t miss these panels!

Real Time Search: Opportunity Or Hype?
9:45-10:45am EST

Moderator: Danny Sullivan (Search Engine Land)

Panelists: Kimbal Musk (OneRiot), Jeremy Hylton (Google), Gerry Campbell (Collecta), Ken Moss (CrowdEye), Vipul Ved Prakash (Topsy)

Iran & Michael Jackson: What Marketers Can Learn From How Consumers Search For Current Events
12-1:30pm EST

Moderator: Gordon Hotchkiss, (Enquiro)

Panelists: Kimbal Musk (OneRiot), Jeremy Crane (Compete), Kristjan Mar Hauksson (Nordic eMarketing), Shari Thurow (Omni Marketing Interactive)

If you won’t be in attendance, catch the conversation on Twitter at #smxeast and the top articles/blogs from the show here.

Welcome to RiotWise

10/02/09 - Posted by Tobias Peggs under OneRiot News

Monetizing the Realtime Web

This week, we announced RiotWise - a way for publishers of quality content to reach users of realtime web applications, and a way for developers of those applications to monetize in a manner that also adds direct value to their users.

The response was very positive (thanks VentureBeat, thanks TechCrunch) and we’re excited to embark on this next phase of OneRiot’s growth.

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We’ll be rolling out a pilot on OneRiot.com Search Results Pages in the coming days. This will help us experiment with various types of content, from a variety of sources, to help us optimize effectively before opening the door to partners in the coming weeks. The first implementation will appear on the “right-rail” of the page, and is titled “Featured Content.” It is “featured” (not “sponsored”) because we are choosing to feature links to a variety of relevant articles from across the web that will help us with our tests. This phase is a test campaign to monitor the user and content partner experience. No payment is changing hands during this test.

How does it work?

Based on OneRiot’s realtime search technology, the idea behind RiotWise is to match users to fresh, relevant content from our partners in realtime.

The service is grounded on the premise that users of realtime web apps are primarily trying to find out what’s going on right now for a particular topic. RiotWise serves up links to web pages from a content network that helps users find out what’s going right now. It directly matches the user’s intent - in other words, it adds value to the users’ experience; it helps them do what they are trying to do.

In lab testing, we’ve seen high Click Through Rates (CTRs) on RiotWise. Additionally, click throughs are highly qualified, and well targeted. The user clicking is trying to find out what’s going on right now for a particular topic, and they are being served links to content from quality publishers that exactly addresses that topic. This provides a great experience for the user, and a great audience for the content provider.

RiotWise is built from the ground up to be distributed across the realtime web. Any third party app will be able to grab a relevant content feed, serve it up to users in realtime, and get paid. Now remember, the content being served is fresh, high quality and relevant to the users. It’s totally in sync with the needs of the user of a realtime web app - which is great for distribution partners. They can now monetize by serving content that is useful to their users and adds value to their overall service. This is how to monetize on the realtime web.

If you have any questions about RiotWise, please feel free to comment on this blog, or email me, Tobias Peggs, directly (tobias@oneriot.com).

Moammar Ghadafi Meets East Coast’s Cold Shoulder

9/23/09 - Posted by Carmel Hagen under OneRiot News

picture-50 Leading a nation associated with supporting terrorism and giving a hero’s welcome to the convicted Lockerbie bomber hasn’t helped to alleviate any infamy associated with Moammar Ghadafi. So, it should come as no surprise that on his first trip to the States in 40 years, the longstanding Libyan ruler has more or less had the welcome mat yanked from under his feet. In town for the UN General Assembly, Ghadafi has had heaps of trouble finding a suitable station to rest his weary head. It seems not many towns want to host controversy and angry protests at their very doorstep. (more…)

OneRiot in the News // Wired Magazine & USA Today

9/23/09 - Posted by Carmel Hagen under OneRiot News

Two publications we admire gave OneRiot some lip service today, and while we rarely brag on on press mentions in the blog, the articles we were lucky enough to land in this morning are so well written and thought provoking, we had to share.

USAToday: Realtime Web Keeps Social Networkers Connected

picture-481In this article, reporter Jon Swartz analyzes a new breed of media consumers, drawing parallels between social media, realtime information consumption, and the hyper-connectivity that’s propelling it all. Our own Tobias Peggs even throws in a word or two…

Read it!

Wired Magazine: How the Real-Time Web Is Leaving Google Behind

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In this column, house favorite Clive Thompson draws a pretty picture of the changing web, highlighting the industry scramble - and consumer appetite - for realtime information. Again, Tobias pops his head in to share a thought.

Read it!

Thanks to both publications for the mentions!

Introducing The OneRiot Developer Network

9/23/09 - Posted by Carmel Hagen under OneRiot News

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Today OneRiot launched OneRiot Developer Network, a new website built specifically for the OneRiot API partner community.

OneRiot Developer Network will serve as a place for third party developer to get started with our popular API, ask questions, connect with the OneRiot API team, and engage with their fellow developers. It will also be a great place to check out the many ways our current partners have integrated realtime information into their sites, social applications, search engines, and data visualizations.

At the helm of ORDN is Robert Reich, co-founder of OneRiot and founder of Add-On-Con, the first and only conference dedicated to browser add-on developers. Robert speaks for everyone at OneRiot when he says the goal of ORDN is to provide developers with the tools, help and guidance they need for creative and successful implementations of the OneRiot realtime search API, and we can’t wait to see what’s in store (the last time Robert stepped in to lead a community, it became the third largest Meetup in the country - so our developers are in good hands).

Alongside OneRiot Developer Network, we’re excited to announce a six great new additions to the OneRiot search partner program. All of these players used the OneRiot API to add some killer features to their sites, apps or search engines - check them out!

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Gioo Gioo, a multi-search engine, allows users to search within several leading search engines from one location. Users can search for images, videos, news, shopping, jobs and more, including realtime results by OneRiot.

RSS Ticker
RSS Ticker, by Christopher Finke, is a Firefox add-on that displays Live Bookmarks as an on-screen ticker tape. RSS Ticker removes the need to visit an RSS reader to discover the latest updates, helping users more effortlessly stay informed.

Feed Sidebar
The Feed Sidebar, a lightweight extension of Firefox’s current RSS capabilities, displays items from Live Bookmarks in the sidebar.

picture-296Inform
Inform, a contextual linking provider for online media and information companies, helps publishers like Newsweek and The Economist deliver relevant content to online readers. This adaptive application enables the enrichment of written content, linking key data points to further information on that topic.

Firefox SuperSearch
Super Search, a Firefox add-on, combines over 160 of the web’s best people search and web search engines for a simplified, comprehensive search experience.

picture-3212 Clipta Clipta, an online video search engine, collects and organizes videos from across the internet. This allows users to search, browse and discover the web’s entire video collection, all in one place.

Horrorcore Rapper Alleged Virginia Slayings Murderer

9/21/09 - Posted by Evan Kessler under OneRiot News

picture-2612 We’ve never been accused of homicide, but we imagine that the most difficult part of receiving a fair hearing on such charges is the fact that the word “murderer” - even with the word “alleged” in front of it - carries a pretty negative stigma akin to strike one. While strikes two and three are usually reserved for damning evidence and a subsequent judicial ruling, one potential inmate may have handed over all of the proof beyond a reasonable doubt with his choice of artistic expression and knack for catchy pseudonyms. Such is the case of Syko Sam, a 20-year-old, California-based Horrorcore rapper, who has been accused of murdering a Virginia Pastor and three others at a Longwood University professor’s home 50 miles outside of Richmond. (more…)

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    11/03/09

    The Summary: Mel Gibson becomes a father of eight children - and OneRiot renames them all.
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  • Jackson Biography Draws the Attention of Hollywood & Interweb

    10/28/09

    In a triumphant posthumous return to the trending topics, Michael Jackson reared his beautifully-singing head on the social web when chatter about the release of his film biography reminded everyone just how influential his passing was. The new picture documents the life of the icon, along with (very) recent footage of Jackson prepping for his [...]

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  • With Great Power Comes Great Twesponsibility

    10/15/09

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    9/29/09

    Bad news, Ed Hardy fans: it’s been scientifically (read: conditionally) proven (read: suggested) that wearing the brand 24/7 will ruin your career. At least, that’s what it—coupled with a series of other bad decisions—did for Jon Gosselin. The horrific fashion victim, best known for his appearances on the reality program Jon and Kate Plus [...]

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    9/24/09

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