Sproose has launched a web search beta tool that enables users to vote for the quality of web search items.  The system is simple enough to understand.  A user goes to Sproose, establishes an account with an email address, performs searches anytime in the future, and can vote on any individual search result giving it a rating on a scale of 1 to 5.

This Social Search Engine takes the voting results and immediately adjusts its search engine ranking accordingly.  The concept and design is simple enough to be immediately understandable and potentially useful if the user base grows past the critical mass necessary to avoid skewed results.  Other social media sites like Digg.com have felt the impact of ‘digg’ gangs that attempt to manipulate results.  That has not caused a serious problem for Digg and I suspect it will ultimately not cause a serious problem for Sproose either.

You can try the tool at the Sproose home page.

The key to the success of this system will likely be a two fold combination consisting of 1.  Simplicity in design which they have and 2. General Awareness of their tool, which they are working on already in small part through their sponsorship of this article and Maven Mapper’s Information.

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