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Google’s SearchWiki

Well Google’s personal promotion service is back and this time we have a name for it: SearchWiki.

When you do a search you should see two new icons presented in the results next to the title. These icons allow you to personalize your search results by promoting or demoting results.

Notice the new promote and demote icons next to the search results

As you can see above, you have the ability to promote sites you deem the most relavant for your needs. The SEO implications are huge just as they were when Google originally tested this feature. We can’t confirm that these promotions will influence global search results but it’s the next logical step.

Think digg.com! Social content is the future, it’s hard to manipulate the masses. One or two or a thousand bad eggs for that matter can’t harm the marketplace when millions and millions are casting votes.

From Google:

Have you ever wanted to mark up Google search results? Maybe you’re an avid hiker and the trail map site you always go to is in the 4th or 5th position and you want to move it to the top. Or perhaps it’s not there at all and you’d like to add it. Or maybe you’d like to add some notes about what you found on that site and why you thought it was useful. Starting today you can do all this and tailor Google search results to best meet your needs.,,,Today we’re launching SearchWiki, a way for you to customize search by re-ranking, deleting, adding, and commenting on search results.

..The changes you make only affect your own searches. But SearchWiki also is a great way to share your insights with other searchers. You can see how the community has collectively edited the search results by clicking on the “See all notes for this SearchWiki” link.

John Battelle has a Video on SearchWiki – check it out!