Searchles: We Built This City...We Built This City on Bloooooooogs and Posts!

I almost hate myself for the blog subject line, but maybe if everyone looked at the world through the lens of Jefferson Starship...it would be a better, more awesomely-bad place. Wishful thinking aside, we'd like to give a quick rundown of the social networking aspects of Searchles and how exactly your circle of groups and friends benefit you as you navigate through your sea of websites and videos:

* YOUR FRIENDS - Those users you add/approve of as "friends" on Searchles are generally those users that post content that interest you or that you've noticed make insightful comments on others posts. You can modify your mySearchles page as well so that you only view the activity of your friends - ensuring that all the posting/commenting highlighted on your page are highly relevant to your interests. Your search results are also weighted towards these friends in your network to push the more relevant content to the top of your search results! Search + Your peers you trust = Best-est search results around. Think about it.

* YOUR FANS - Who are those users listed as your fans, you may ask? These are users who have requested to add you as a friend. They've chose to track the content you've been posting because, HEY...you're just that interesting. You can either choose to reciprocate and include them in your network or you can keep them as your adoring fans if you'd rather not include their posts in your circle. (Note: this function helps you keep the spammers out of your life. If you don't approve them as your friend they will not break into your network!)

* YOUR GROUPS - Common interest groups are our handy dandy way of breaking down the content on Searchles into smaller networks of relevant content. You can monitor the content being posted to a group of relevant interest by looking at the group page or you can join and contribute! You can also perform a more targeted search within a group. (Note: in order to post to a group, you must first join). Groups you've joined also influence your search results to keep them as relevant as possible.

Do you want your actual real-life friends on Searchles sharing content with you? Invite them to join! You can do so easily from the option on the "People" page, linked at the top of the homepage. Really...we employ a the-more-the-merrier mentality and Searchles is a great way to easily share web-content with your friends. SO...I hope it's starting to come together for you. After all, Search + Circle = Searchles.

Don't tase me bro.