Youlicit
Google, watch your back. Ok, that is not true (yet)… but anyway, there is a possible alternative to stumbling. Today’s neat web app, Youlicit (not even to beta phase), isn’t really a search engine, per say- as much as a new web discovery tool.
“Youlicit is a new recommendation engine that analyzes your interests through your bookmarks, tags, RSS Feeds, APML files and the such and delivers highly relevant and compelling sites recommended by people like you. In addition, Youlicit connects you to people who share similar interests as you and allows you to find more information through them.”
So, it sounds like Stubmle etc., but it works a bit differently.
When you stumble on a site, you can recommend it or find others like it. Doing searches via the site, Youlicit’s results are similar to the URL you provided, and allow you the option of doing a search on any of these. Also, you see a list of users that are interested in the site you’re searching. You can view their profile for a tag cloud (or a list view) of terms they’ve found interesting.
When searching or stumbling you can add your own recommendations to a site.
Smart Stuff:
Youlicit has Firefox broswer add-ons, they also have a Google search add-on. Which I would say is smart. Very smart. There is also a facebook app on the way- which just might be the clincher if these guys can pull it off.
Over-all, most have called this a very ambitious project, but definitely viable… though one does wonder what a former tech guy for a “petroleum trade facilitation start-up” is doing as the CEO of this kind of company… and what a “petroleum trade facilitation start-up” is to begin with…
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