New Social Search Site Scour Says Search Socially
I know that the onomatopoeia might be a bit annoying, but I am Excited!
I got an email today from my friend Tina letting me know that this new search engine allows users to comment on results, interact with other commenters, search from yahoo, MSN, and Google in the same place. These are things that have been happening for awhile - so you might think, “well, sure, but its all been done.”
NOT SO! Scour has achieved the best of all worlds. Excellent Social interaction, positive marketing, and best of all - YOU GET PAID TO USE IT!!!
That’s right you guys, this is the real deal! SCOUR! Scour the web and get paid for it!!!
NOTE for Firefox Users: Since there is not a search add on yet for the search form on the right, just do the following and search directly from your url bar with scour.
- Type about:config in Firefox location bar and press Enter
- Type keyword in Filter textbox and you will see only the preference keyword.URL.
- Double-click on keyword.URL and change the value to:
http://scour.com/search/web/
Each of these searches will earn you points going toward your visa gift cards!
Dude, why are you here? Go to scour!
I just checked this out. Looks pretty interesting so far.
Jen Thomas
Muvar Software
This seems interesting, although it makes them look a little desperate to get people to use their search engine. There is search engine by Me.dium that does it a little different.
Me.dium (http://me.dium.com/search) is processing user’s clickstream data in real-time to create a different lens based on what’s going on now. e.g. do a search for John Edwards on Google or Live, and you get johnedwards.com and wiki/johnedwards. Do the same search on Me.dium and you learn that today people care about his love child, pictures of his mistress, etc.
The difference is real-time (what people are browsing now) vs. historical (what they browsed in the past). Social vs. Old School. Check it out http://me.dium.com/search.
Chris, thank you! that is a great resource and excellent information!