Seekler, the lists and review site that consists of wiki-like contributions from its users, has launched its public beta and has added a few changes to the site according to its private beta testing. We first mentioned Seekler here, and I got a chance to dig deeper into the site's private beta, offering a fuller review here. Many of the changes that Seekler has made since I last took a look in fact were in regards to some of my suggestions.
Seekler now enables you to add descriptions for the lists you create, as well as tags. In an effort to keep Seekler simple in design and navigation, the description and tags are collapsible according to your personal preferences. This was a pretty important distinction for Seekler, as the inclusion of tags and descriptions lets users know that Seekler isn't just a site for creating "top 10 lists."
Other new features include the ability to control the number of items viewed on a page, and an associated URL button beside list descriptions in order to access outside information (i.e. a link to a movie trailer on the IMDB page for a film on your list). Another interesting improvement made to Seekler is the inclusion of lists that are found on third-party sites. This is a feature often found on other review sites that are typically specific to product reviews.
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It's this weighted crowd-sourcing approach that validates the information found on the primary site, by incorporating content found from elsewhere on the web, that's been created by an authority on a particular subject. Combine this with user-generated content and Seekler's wiki-like approach, and you've got a site that's looking to incorporate as much content as possible in an easily searchable manner for visitors and contributors.