MASHUPS

A mashup is a web-based application that combines content and functionality from a variety of sources using technologies including RSS and AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript And XML).  You may have heard the term API from google or paypal and basically it's an interface that is designed to allow external requests therefore, making it extremely interactive and user customized. 

Google Co-op -  Has Google gone Web 2.0?  Seems that way! 

"Google is entering into the world of communities by letting users contribute their knowledge and expertise to improve search results for everyone", says Kim Roach, the Hip Marketing Gal

Basically, Google Co-op allows web masters to improve search results in the topics they know best by creating their own, customized meta search engine.

We just had to try our hand at this one and wow, we love it!  We are now able to set up our own site search for all the valuable sites we come across that we want to share with our readers.

Before you set up our own co-op account, read Google and Web 2.0 by Kim Roach.  She'll explain it all and give you step-by-step instructins for getting started.

Check out our own Google Search:

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