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As part of your swicki you can include search results from your own site or blog at the top of the search results. We now have a much improved service that will instantly start indexing your site or blog. While the indexing starts straight away it can take a couple of hours to complete. We have updated the index of all existing swickis too - it should be a big improvement so let us know how you find it.

The edit buzzcloud page has been updated so there are three columns of search tags:

We have a number of ideas for other features to give users more control over the buzzcloud so let us know your preferences.

Swicki owners will now receive emails notifications about new search tags that you may wish to add to your buzzcloud. We compile these lists of search tags from how people use your swicki and adding them will make the buzzcloud more interesting for your users. This is similar to how bloggers approve comments posted on their blog. By default your notifications will happen instantly but for busier swickis you can choose to get a daily or weekly summary of activity to approve.

You can now let other people install your swicki on their site or blog and build the size of community that uses your swicki. From "my swicki" click on the "get code" link. At the bottom of that page is a link that you can give to anyone to allow them to post your swicki on their site or blog while you still retain the moderation rights etc.

As you may have noticed we have been experimenting with advertising on swickis offering a range of alternatives. As part of this we are learning what is and is not working and as a result we are removing the Preferred Placement option for most swickis and refunding any money that advertisers have credited to their accounts. Watch out for more changes as we continue to experiment to work out the best way for your swickis to make money.