The First Age-Relevant Search Engine & Social Networking Site On The Net

Here's a summary of something I just found that Ines Mergel posted in his blog. He wrote "I just discovered the first age-relevant search engine - slash social networking plattform: cRANKy.com." He goes on to say it's targeted towards 50+ year olds seniors and baby boomers. They intend to provide information on specific topics such as jobs after retirement, how to become 100 years old, how to make new friends, etc.

Some of the searches are neatly presorted in categories on the frontpage. He talks about how people in specific phases of their lifes are only adding specific types of contacts to their network of friends. This is especially true when you retire since you won't see your co-workers on a daily basis anymore, your routines are changing and you might loose some of your contacts.

The most relevant topics are pre-sorted by relevance and there are some prominent buttons to increase the text size and you can top 10 yourself, so that information can be pushed at you.

You can read his full post at http://inesmergel.wordpress.com/2007/01/13/crankycom-first-age-relevant-search-enginesocial-networking-plattform/