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Introduction Internet – largely a read only medium Searchlets is an open source concept that enables us to use the internet in a read and write mode. Termed by us as generic blogging Allows users to have a dynamic webpage of desired search results without a complete knowledge of the tools involved.

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Page 1: Introduction Internet – largely a read only medium Searchlets is an open source concept that enables us to use the internet in a read and write mode. Termed

Introduction

Internet – largely a read only medium

Searchlets is an open source concept that enables us to use the internet in a read and write mode. Termed by us as generic blogging

Allows users to have a dynamic webpage of desired search results without a complete knowledge of the tools involved.

Page 2: Introduction Internet – largely a read only medium Searchlets is an open source concept that enables us to use the internet in a read and write mode. Termed

By Gooblors Team, the University of Massachusetts at Boston, May 12, 2004

How is Searchlets different?

Can’t search for youHave to manually access each individual page and blog to publish your findings.Cannot designate a schedule for publishing

What Blogger cannot do

Wouldn’t it be

good if some tool

can help me search

my interests and

post it to my web

page periodically? Searchlets

Automated searching and blogging of Generic thingsProvision for scheduled publishing of search results

Page 3: Introduction Internet – largely a read only medium Searchlets is an open source concept that enables us to use the internet in a read and write mode. Termed

By Gooblors Team, the University of Massachusetts at Boston, May 12, 2004

Page 4: Introduction Internet – largely a read only medium Searchlets is an open source concept that enables us to use the internet in a read and write mode. Termed

By Gooblors Team, the University of Massachusetts at Boston, May 12, 2004

Typical Output

Page 5: Introduction Internet – largely a read only medium Searchlets is an open source concept that enables us to use the internet in a read and write mode. Termed

By Gooblors Team, the University of Massachusetts at Boston, May 12, 2004

Search and Publish Options

Page 6: Introduction Internet – largely a read only medium Searchlets is an open source concept that enables us to use the internet in a read and write mode. Termed

By Gooblors Team, the University of Massachusetts at Boston, May 12, 2004

Development Methodology

eXtreme Programming way!!!

Simple design, small releases, Iterations

Test-driven programming

Coding standardCommunication

Customer feedback at every stepTeam meetings, e-mails

CVS Management

Page 7: Introduction Internet – largely a read only medium Searchlets is an open source concept that enables us to use the internet in a read and write mode. Termed

By Gooblors Team, the University of Massachusetts at Boston, May 12, 2004

What is blogging?Blog

e.g. a what's new page or a journal posts

Blog posts are like instant messages to the web

A blog is a web page made up of usually short and frequently updated posts

Blogging is the process of publishing a blog to the web

A growing area of web publishing

Tools for blogging

B2 Blogger Diaryland Live Journal

MovableType PHP-Nuke TypePad Userland

Page 8: Introduction Internet – largely a read only medium Searchlets is an open source concept that enables us to use the internet in a read and write mode. Termed

By Gooblors Team, the University of Massachusetts at Boston, May 12, 2004

Page 9: Introduction Internet – largely a read only medium Searchlets is an open source concept that enables us to use the internet in a read and write mode. Termed

By Gooblors Team, the University of Massachusetts at Boston, May 12, 2004

Architecture

We

b In

terfa

ce

DataBase

MonitorUtilities

RegisterLog inCreate SearchModify Search

EmailClientFTPClientGoogleSearch

Page 10: Introduction Internet – largely a read only medium Searchlets is an open source concept that enables us to use the internet in a read and write mode. Termed

By Gooblors Team, the University of Massachusetts at Boston, May 12, 2004

Blog it! ----- An example of Blogging

Blogging tools

Click here to Publish it

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By Gooblors Team, the University of Massachusetts at Boston, May 12, 2004

Use the application without registering

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By Gooblors Team, the University of Massachusetts at Boston, May 12, 2004

Development Strategy

Customer is a team member! Simple design and iterative improvement Weekly meeting and progress report. Weekly update of schedule and to-do list CVS management Code testing and refactoring.

Page 13: Introduction Internet – largely a read only medium Searchlets is an open source concept that enables us to use the internet in a read and write mode. Termed

By Gooblors Team, the University of Massachusetts at Boston, May 12, 2004

Features

Advanced search and publishoptions

Web-based Service

Create a customized search

Publish the results at a certain schedule

Email notification

Google search engine API used to find search results

Page 14: Introduction Internet – largely a read only medium Searchlets is an open source concept that enables us to use the internet in a read and write mode. Termed

By Gooblors Team, the University of Massachusetts at Boston, May 12, 2004

Advantages

Search for any topic of interest

Publish the search result any time you want

Easy to useNo complicated software or technologies required at all!

Quick to update your web page

Suitable for both personal and business website

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By Gooblors Team, the University of Massachusetts at Boston, May 12, 2004

Searchlets

             

Customer Paul English Advisor Ethan Bolker

Computer Science Departement

The University of Massachusetts at Boston May 12, 2004

Satish VemuriChanQuan LiuDi Luo

Team Members:

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Great Market Value

Blogger doing extremely well

“ There is a sense that blogging is about to explode in the business area, but who’s brave enough to do it yet? “

------Weidlich, Thom. The Corporate Blog Is Catching On. New York Times, June 22, 2003

Registered Active As of

LiveJournal 1,121,464 526,535 23 June 2003

Blogger 1,500,000 705,000 9 June 2003

DiaryLand 850,000 400,000 March 2003

The Blogcount.com Estimate: 2.4 to 2.9 million weblogs