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Here are a few swickis I recommend checking out to get some creative fodder when making your next one as their results really are pretty phenominal. Techcrunch Swicki, PR Search Engine , and Somewhat Frank's search are just a few of the many thousands out there.

At the MIX06 conference last week I met another attendee, Matthew, who started a blog for his baby boy and in his words: The only web site dedicated to baby boys, their mamas and baby boy stuff, baby boy clothing, fun and funky products all about your baby boy which sells his favorite products and advice on .

So I told him about our self serve swicki product and he built it right there and attached it to his site in just 5 minutes. Matthew likes it because he can see what new keywords people go to his site to look for, what new items he may be missing from his blog, and overall it gives him creative fodder on what to write about next.

Colin Fitz-Gerald has built three swickis to shout "swicki" a bit more loudly from his rooftops. Not to be outdone, Donovan Watts has one for his own blog, one for hoop building, a great one for saving coral reefs, and one on becoming the media - looks like he's surely on his way.

The daily feedback ain't so bad either. Will Asrari says he prefers the dot net search engine while researching C#.

My Favorite Quote of the Week:

"When you first told me of Eurekster I registered the cloud "wind power" and virtually forgot about it. Three days ago it suddenly came alive. I made small changes to the search criterion and now have 10's of thousands of hits, about 50% relevant."

"...how can I invest in your company?"

So please make us happy and keep your swickis flowing and we'll write about you and promote your blog or site! :).

Eurekster has a record day of swickis genererated with the Six Apart launch!

We are excited to announce we made the top 200 most promising companies for Red Herring for 2006 - this will take place at the Red Herring Spring 2006 Summit, see: "Red Herring 100 North America Awards" press release.

The names of the 200 companies short-listed as finalists for the "Red Herring 100 North America Awards" can also be found online at http://www.redherring.com.

From Red Herring's site:

More than just buzz:

The "Red Herring 100 North America" award is an important part of Red Herring's tradition of recognizing new and innovative technology firms and their entrepreneurial founders. The over 1,000 nominees were rigidly evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their ecosystem. This unique assessment of potential complemented by a review of the actual track record and standing of a company allows Red Herring to see past the "buzz" and make the list an invaluable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry.

Looks like the rubber is really hitting the road!

Eurekster is more than excited that ace commentator Bambi Francisco's interview with our CEO/co-founder Steven Marder was front page on MarketWatch today (and also mentioned in her blog). You can view the video here, which closes with Bambi's much-appreciated words, "Well, I have a Swicki and I enjoy it." Luv ya, Bambi! And everyone here agrees, Steven, you were money!

More photos of the interview can be viewed here.

Many great swickis catch our eye day to day, but this Bain Book's swicki written by Terry Bain (and beautiful post) deserves an applause. Thank you for the 11 reasons, Terry! Keep sending us more. ;-)