The SEO project Creating an example stigmergic system to
demonstrate how biological strategies take effect Stigmergic
systems are based upon biological strategies that involve
concepts quite alien to those usually encountered in computer
technology. But, most people haven't the time to work through
the theory to understand how they work... ... so, this project
is about creating an example to look as much like a conventional
computer application as possible, yet exhibit all the features
that allow biological systems to evolve, self-organize and
become increasingly efficient. The example chosen is a system to
produce an optimum information resource for "The search engine
optimization of a web site". This emerges from the combined
efforts of a group of people sharing bookmarks. It looks naively
simple, but this surface simplicity masks an underlying
complexity that is the basis of every kind of biological
evolution. To fully appreciate this example, forget about the
technical details of manipulating and sorting