Ask.com now offers real time earthquake reports from around the globe. Simply search "earthquakes" and get the latest in near real time. http://www.ask.com/web?q=earthquakes&qsrc=0&o=0&l=dir
You can also create a search to narrow to a specific region. For example: http://www.ask.com/web?q=earthquakes+vanuatu&qsrc=1&o=0&l=dir
You can also see all recent quakes info here: http://www.ask.com/earthquake
Also, World Wind has a add-on with up to the minute earthquake info: http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/Add-on:Earthquake_Plug-In |
This is cool and all and more content providers should start using them.
But on a Personal Level, What are the odds people will use this ? |
Not sure what you mean about posting real-time data Sohil. Google and Ask both do it with weather, flight info, etc. This is just a variation. Who might find that earthquake info useful? Here are five groups that come to mind:
+ Students.
+ Weather fanatics
+ Journalists
+ Geology Students
+ People who have friends living in an area where a quake took place and want to monitor for aftershocks.
We're doing a lot with placing real time info (often using RSS feeds directly on results pages). It's a great way to get people to use RSS (it's still far from mainstream and places the info where people will find it on results pages. http://www.ask.com/web?q=hurricane+advisories&qsrc=0&o=0&l=dir
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