Today a California based startup Clupedia has released a new Web 2.0 browser toolbar that called Clucast. The download program file is weighs in at 1.3MB, and currently under reviewed by Mozilla and potential users need to double confirm the installation process in order to download and use the Clucast services rendered. This toolbar allowed users to effectively find the clues and view those clues created by other users without any registration required. However, when you want to create the clues, you’ll need to sign-up and register a new account. What is a clue? It is a word/phrase that found in any Webpage that one comment on, once it submitted, it will become a clue that is flagged and viewable anywhere on the Web.

This Web 2.0 browser toolbar offered two main functions: Generate new clues or retrieve clues in a peer-to-peer central repository. One can generating the new clues by sharing the opinion and the reward for doing so is the recognition one could received in return, win prizes, earn cash, or become a famous Clucaster. On the other hand, retrieve clues help an user to be able to discover trends, find influencers, be in the know or boost the surfing habit. By generate or retrieve clues, Clupedia strove to increase the users of its own Web community that labeled as Clugen, the “Clues Generation.”

Clupedia stands for encyclopedia of clues from crowd. It is a startup based in Santa Ana, California and has raised $1.3 million in a round A financing from Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels and Frontera Capital.