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What Once Was Play, Now Is Work: Social Tagging and Enterprise Search

What Once Was Play, Now Is Work: Social Tagging and Enterprise Search
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Oct 8, 2007
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What Once Was Play, Now Is Work: Social Tagging and Enterprise Search

Consumer practices such as social tagging, bookmarking and networking are popping up in enterprise technology, such as Vivisimos Velocity enterprise search platform.


What Once Was Play, Now Is Work: Social Tagging and Enterprise Search – Voting Through Social Tagging

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Velocity 6.0 users can vote on whether or not a search was useful to them.


What Once Was Play, Now Is Work: Social Tagging and Enterprise Search – Social Tagging Lets Users Rate a Search Result

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Rating results will help fellow users get a feel for search quality.


What Once Was Play, Now Is Work: Social Tagging and Enterprise Search – Keywords Round Out the Social Tagging Experience

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Keyword tags bring added relevance to user searches.


What Once Was Play, Now Is Work: Social Tagging and Enterprise Search – Annotations Enrich the Search Experience

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Searches can make notes about the specific search, adding commentary and color for future searchers.


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What Once Was Play, Now Is Work: Social Tagging and Enterprise Search – Social Bookmarking

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Social bookmarking in Velocity 6.0 enables virtual folders where users can keep running commentaries on searches or related concepts.


What Once Was Play, Now Is Work: Social Tagging and Enterprise Search – Social Networking Mashup

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A true mashup, social networking in Velocity 6.0 blends user profiles with results that the user tags as noteworthy.


What Once Was Play, Now Is Work: Social Tagging and Enterprise Search – Social Networking Dashboard

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Executive dashboards of popular topics across the business can be created based on information that has been tagged, saved or shared.


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