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Web 2.0 = WOW!!If you have not tried Spotback yet, you really need to! I did not think I would be this Wowed again for quite some time but this web application is knocking my socks off today.
Give it a try and let me know what you think.
Thanks a lot!
It's been almost three weeks since our last version update. In case you are wondering what we were up to all this time... well, we've been reading through your feedbacks and requests, analyzing usage patterns, figuring ways to make Spotback better (oh, and coding, designing, traveling to conferences and sleeping in the remaining 3 hours).
This release introduces a new and powerful tool that allows you to track things that are important to you inside Spotback. The Personal Tag Tracker allows you to:
- Track any single word or combination of two words.
- Tracked words are not limited only to tags defines by the authors of the stories, but rather cover the entire title and text of the stories.
- Highlight tracked words to help you spot those words when they appear within the titles and text of the stories.
- Unread story alert (on top of the new 'Tag Tracker' tab) shows how many unread stories are there that contain tags that you defined.
The tag tracker also affects the stories that Spotback chooses for you. This means that when Spotback chooses stories for you it gives extra weight to stories that contain tracked words. You can also limit each tag to specific categories to filter out irrelevant stories.
Read more about how you can make the most out of the new feature here.
