Of course, in the real-time web, top search results can change very quickly . As people start buzzing about different content, newer stories become instantly more relevant. Users of real-time search engines tend to search many times more per day than typical users of traditional search engines - because they want to stay on top of the latest results. for Internet Explorer 8 that keep on top of what's hot across the web - the breaking stories and the latest videos. These Web Slices have a persistent presence on the browser - making for easy access to the real-time web. And they also notify the user when something changed - for example, when the top search result for a topic has updated in real-time. That's tremendous user value, which is only available in Internet Explorer 8. OneRiot has found that users with its Web Slices hit their site 18% more per day than average users.
Launching at MIX 09, OneRiot has created a new Web Slice that finds socially-relevant Video search results from across the real-time web. Users can search directly from the Web Slice - and find the videos that people are buzzing about right now for any subject. The Web Slice has been built in conjunction with Stimulant.io, the innovative UI design house, using Silverlight - and demonstrates the possibility for extremely rich applications inside this new feature of Internet Explorer 8.
To install the Web Slice, simply visit this page using Internet Explorer 8, hover over the application and click on the green Web Slice icon that appears. Enjoy!