August 11, 2006

Watchr - A Topical Wiki

Written by: Juanchito

I’ve been seeing a fair amount of traffic coming from a site called Watchr. One of the searches I’ve gotten the most is for So You Think You Can Dance start Benji Schwimmer. In fact, it looks like fans of So You Think You Can Dance have kind of taken over the site. The main page has the names of tons of dancers and judges in the tag cloud.

Here’s a better description of what Watchr is about:

What is Watchr?

1. Watchr is a community of Topics built by those that love them.
2. Collections of news, blog posts and other content updated in real-time.
3. Wiki-style user-tuned content.
4. The ultimate mashup.

How does Watchr work?

Search for a Topic. If it has been created in Watchr, you will automatically be taken to a page that shows you current news articles, blog posts, related sites and more on the Topic. Watchr will then go out and grab new information on the Topic from around the web & insert it into the page in real-time.

If the Topic doesn’t exist, you can create it. Simply drop in a list of tags related to the Topic, keywords that you would like to filter out, related sites and other related information; click “Submit” and the page will be created. You will even get credit for creating the Topic and have it automatically added to your MyWatchr page.

You and all other members of the community can edit any Topic Page on Watchr at any time. This ability enables everyone to make each Topic better over time.