SearchMe Calls Out Yahoo On BOSS Screenshot
TechCrunch — ... , which was included in a CNET article, shows what appears to be SearchMe’s search interface (itself borrowed from Apple’s iTunes album browser) with the logo cut off (compare it to this). CNET describes the screen shot as “One idea Yahoo showed for BOSS: show miniature versions of the Web pages returned by search results.” ...

Search engine startup SearchMe cuts 20 percent of staff
VentureBeat — ... The streets of Silicon Valley are running red this week. The latest startup to pare down is search engine SearchMe, a company with high-profile investors and a warchest of nearly $40 million. ...

Q&A with SearchMe’s Randy Adams, on making cuts and surviving
VentureBeat — ... had laid off 20 percent of its workforce. Lots of startups are laying off workers this week, but SearchMe is led by long-time Valley veteran Randy Adams. He survived the bursting of the last tech bubble, so he wasn’t just responding to general sentiments of fear, but to his own past experiences. ...

SearchMe Adds Music Search With Unlimited Streaming Via Imeem Widgets
TechCrunch — ... Okay, this has to be the coolest hack of the week. Visual search engine SearchMe has just added a music search tab that brings back results with free, legal, unlimited full-song streams and cover art you can flip through. It’s CoverFlow on the Web. And it actually trumps the experience one Yahoo’s music search, which also offers free full ...

Music Search and Mixtapes Come to SearchMe
ReadWriteWeb — ... just added music search to its repertoire of search options. That, by itself, wouldn't be very interesting, but thanks to integrating this new search feature with Imeem's ability to play back an unlimited number of full songs and SearchMe's 'Stacks' functionality, you can now use SearchMe to easily create custom mixtapes. ...

Searchme tries music streaming to attract users
Webware.com — Searchme, a visual search engine, on Monday launched a free music streaming service that allows visitors to search for their favorite songs and listen to an unlimited number of tracks. Each song on Searchme provides a link to buy it on Amazon, eBay, or iTunes and can be added to a "search ...

SearchMe Now Offers Music Streaming
SolSie.com — SearchMe Now Offers Music Streaming SearchMe , the search engine known for its Cover-Flow style now reflects its appearance. After adding the video search/stream , SearchMe now allows user to search and play back audio music. You just need to enter the artist, song you are looking for, click on Music (see the orange arrow below). image You will see the search results, which have the iTunes cover-flow style. The music streaming seems to borrow from another search/stream music called iMeem , which also allow to search, playback and embed to your Web site. [image] [image] Leave a comment ...

remixing ztrips 'Obama's Mix' for some condensed easily-sharable excitement
Politweets — ... 10:07 PM Oct 24th from twhirl Almost never up this early (PST) 7:04 AM Oct 22nd from twhirl Getting all the gadgets readyfor Lobby conference. But wishing any of them were the G1 that arrives 2 hours after Ieave. 11:20 PM Oct 21st from twhirl Retweeting @ dogster : Wanna know why dogs scratch the ground after they do the doo? http://bit.ly/4tPwje (I never knew!) 12:37 PM Oct 21st from twhirl Yep. http://www.searchme.com is pretty slick. Click the 'music' tab, type artist name, start listening. ...

SearchMe’s Visual Search For the iPhone Finally Launches
TechCrunch — ... Sequoia-backed visual search engine SearchMe finally got approval on their iPhone application - it appears to have been sitting at Apple ...

La aplicación de SearchMe llega al iPhone
Celularis — Click here to view the embedded video. Después de esperar por más de dos meses la aprobación de Apple, finalmente la aplicación del buscador SearchMe se encuentra disponible para el iPhone. Y según vemos, lograron muy buenos resultados con una experiencia de búsqueda interesante al poder ir viendo la previsualización de las páginas y navegando por ellas. Además es posible agrandar o achicar cada una de las páginas pero sin entrar en ellas. Todavía no llegó al directorio del App Store ...

Searchme brings its Coverflow search to iPhone
Webware.com — Visual search engine Searchme has a sexy new iPhone app that brings its signature Coverflow-like interface to the phone's 3.5" display. Search results come in the form of large thumbnails with a short content summaries underneath. To browse through them you simply flick your finger across ...

Searchme brings its Coverflow search to iPhone
iPhone Approll — Visual search engine Searchme has a sexy new iPhone app that brings its signature Coverflow-like interface to the phone's 3.5" display. Search results come in the form of large thumbnails with a short content summaries underneath. To browse through them you simply flick your finger across ...

Search as you type with Keyboardr
Webware.com — ... Keyboardr also lets you navigate your results with the keyboard, which adds to its speed for users. I'm not sure if this technology could scale to support a mass of users (or even if using Google this way is legal). Certainly, a typical Google search is more compute-efficient than searching on every letter typed. But the Keyboardr method is more efficient for users, since it lets you watch and refine your search as you go. Worth a look. See also: SearchMe. And the cool search experiments at Viewzi. ...

Top 10 Alternative Search Engines of 2008
ReadWriteWeb — ... RWW wrote in that post, "Visual browsing is still coming into its own, but Cooliris is leading the charge in a way that consumers will embrace." We at ASE have been following CoolIris since its PicLens days. Following right behind are SearchMe and ...

Tech layoffs: The scorecard
Webware.com — ... Zillow 10/17/2008 25% Zillow lays off 25 percent of staff SearchMe 10/17/2008 20% Search engine startup SearchMe cuts 20 perce ...

4 Top Tools for Visualizing Search Results [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network — ... of SearchMe. This site has been out for about a year, but if you haven’t tried it, do so. The site presents search results as images, and the key to working efficiently with them is to use the blue slider bar at site bottom to flip through the images. With SearchMe, small versions of alternative results queue up next to larger ones, as seen on the right of the search for “iPhone” below: ...

Paid Search Just Got Visual: SearchMe Launches AdView Beta (Free Ads For First 500 Signups)
TechCrunch — ... What happens when you make paid search ads both relevant and visual? Searchme, the search engine startup which presents results as a stack of full-page previews that you can flip through, is hoping to find out with the beta launch of AdView. Its first foray into advertising, AdView is SearchMe’s version of AdWords, except that instead of selling of paid text links it will be interspersing into its results clickable previews of entire Webpages, videos, or other visual advertising. ...

Now Tweet your Searchme search results
D' Technology Weblog — ... Searchme, a visual search engine has added a Twitter button to help users Tweet the search results. Once you’ve completed your search, “Tweet this search” button appear at the top of the results. Clicking the button, will be take you to the Twitter homepage where a Tweet is already prepared for you. Tweak as needed or go ahead and update. ...

Searchme Picked to Demo at AT&T Fast-Pitch Platinum Awards at CTIA Wireless 2009
SolSie.com — Searchme Picked to Demo at AT&T Fast-Pitch Platinum Awards at CTIA Wireless 2009 Searchme , the media search engine has been selected by AT&T as one of an exclusive group of technology innovators for the AT&T Fast Pitch Platinum Awards at CTIA Wireless 2009. image This event, a high-tech version of American Idol, is hosted by devCentral, AT&T’s official resource for development, and aims to showcase outstanding innovation in mobile development. The Searchme team takes the stage today and demo Searchme’s breakthrough visual search technology for mobile devices in front of an expert panel of ...

Wikia Death Proves Google is Search Startup Killer
Wired: Epicenter — ... And still others try to make search results look different. The latest visualizer -- SearchMe -- mimics iTunes coverflow, while older attempts such as Kartoo and ...

Search Cube scours Google in 3D
Webware.com — ... Where I think this engine could really be useful is in providing a better preview of the source page, along with letting you know how relevant a result it is. As it stands, clicking on any of the results takes you off the engine and into a new tab or window. It would be much simpler to open up a full preview of the page where you could view the content akin to tools like SearchMe. ...

Searchme: The Multimedia Search Engine
AppScout — ... Searchme announced itself today, boasting that it's the world's first multimedia search engine. The idea is that Searchme gives you Web pages, videos, images, music tracks, and even Twitter posts in one combined interface. You can play media straight from the results page, or click a text link to view the original page. ...

5 Slick Alternatives To Google Image Search
SitePoint — ... in the form of thumbnails of web pages found by Yahoo, Live Search, Ask and Google. You can flip between thumbnail views and text views laid out in a grid format. Viewzi also returns results from Flickr in a thumbnail cloud. One feature I particularly liked was the way you can view the News results from Google News in the form of a newspaper front page — it’s very cool. You can add Viewzi to your browser by clicking on a link at the bottom of the page. Searchme.com Searchme.com is a “multimedia search ...

Microsoft Live Search Employee Says Search Engine Analysis Flawed
louisgray.com — ... not in depth enough to gain a clear knowledge of what's deep subject matter. Discussed in detail on Mark Johnson's blog, Deliberate Ambiguity, (See: "How *not* to rate a search engine"), the feeling is that reviewers commonly perform three queries before rating an engine "good" or "bad" - their own name, a hot topic of the day, and then something completely random. If the engine being tested doesn't match expectations, then it's off to the woodshed. (See: Cuil, Searchme, and other engines that have not been embraced for such examples) ...

Searchme Makes Virtual Search App for Android.
I4U News — ... The Searchme visual search app is up on Android Market. The new free app is billed as a next-generation search engine that is visual-based rather than text-based. Searchme will send images of web pages and other search results to your smartphone, allowing you to quickly pick the search result you need. At least, it's supposed to be quick. Searchme claims 4 million monthly users now, and a growth rate of 180% since January 2009. If those numbers are accurate, then they just might be onto something. One of the annoying things about search engines on smartphones is scrolling ...

Searchme Releases Visual Search App for Android Smartphones
AndroidGuys — ... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 13 /PRNewswire/ — Searchme, Inc. (www.searchme.com) announced today that the Searchme visual search app is now available for free on Android Market. The Searchme application for Android delivers large images of web pages, videos, music and products right to the smartphone providing a fun, easy-to-use interface designed for the mobile device. ...

Android Round-Up: USA Today; NBA; SearchMe
mocoNews — ... —SearchMe: Searchme announced today that the Searchme visual search app is available for free on Android Market. The app, a version of which is already available for the iPhone, delivers large images of web pages, videos, music and products using an interface designed for the device. ...

Searchme brings its visual search app to Android
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — Following the Apple iPhone, Searchme is bringing its visual search tool to the Android platform. Available as a free download in Android Market, Searchme’s app delivers large images of web pages, videos, music and products, “providing a fun, easy-to-use interface designed for the mobile device.” In a nutshell, Searchme is a neat app that has a new take on Internet search, and if you want to give it a try, start Android Market app on your HTC Dream or Magic, and join the more then 4 million existing monthly users. ...

Searchme Bings Better than Bing
SitePoint — ... Searchme is a visual search engine, beautifully executed, although they pretty much spoil it by displaying Ads by Google on the results page. ...

Visual Search Engine Searchme’s Visitors Plummet, Ad Platform Exits Beta
TechCrunch — SearchMe, the search engine startup which presents search results as a stack of full-page previews that you can flip through, is bringing its ad network out of beta. The Searchme ad platform, which was originally named AdView when it launched in February, is the visual search engine’s version of AdWords, except that instead of selling paid text links, it intersperses ads into results of clickable previews of entire webpages, videos, or other visual advertising. Searchme’s advertising is appealing because the website becomes the ad ...

Beta Version of Searchme Mobile Search App Now Available for Windows Mobile
PalmAddicts — ... Searchme, Inc. (www.searchme.com) announced today that the beta version of the Searchme app is now available for Windows Mobile smartphones. The Searchme app provides an innovative mobile search experience with a fun, easy-to-use interface specially designed for touch screen handsets running on the Windows Mobile platform. ...

Beta Version of Searchme Mobile Search App Now Available for Windows Mobile
SolSie.com — ... New Mobile Search App Gives Windows Mobile Users Cool Visual Search App  [image] Searchme, Inc. ( www.searchme.com ) announced today that the beta version of the Searchme app is now available for Windows Mobile smartphones. The Searchme app provides an innovative mobile search experience with a fun, easy-to-use interface specially designed for touch screen handsets running on the Windows Mobile platform. Instead of a list of blue links, Searchme delivers images of web pages, videos, music and products that play right on the search result page making it easy to find and consume ...

Twine Tries To Manage The Stream With New Coverflow-Like Design
TechCrunch — ... My only problem with the visualization is that it takes a while to load (Flash, why do you torture me?). But other than that, it makes sifting through each feed seem more like channel-surfing in the way that SearchMe does for search results and ...

Searchme visual search app available for Windows Mobile in beta
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... For the record, Searchme has scored more than 4 million monthly users within less than a year. Windows Mobile device owners can grab the app from the “Tools” section of Searchme’s website. ...

The Month In Windows Mobile Apps: AIM, Skype, Crayons and Compasses [Windows Mobile Apps]
Gizmodo — ... Searchme: Searchme apps have been available for other mobile platforms—iPhone, Symbian and Android—for quite a while now, only now coming to Windows Mobile in free beta form. Searchme, for the vast majority of you who never stray from the comforting, safe embrace of Google, answers queries in screenshots of websites and various media, some of which can be played back in the results. Though the panel-based interface works best on the iPhone, the Windows Mobile version is far from ugly, and you may find it quicker for certain types of searches. Free. ...

SearchMe Searching For A Buyer, Or Shutdown Could Be Their Future
TechCrunch — ... We’ve known that that visual search engine SearchMe has been looking for a new round of financing these last few months. But from what we hear they aren’t having a lot of luck closing a new round of financing - something was on the table, our sources say, but fell through. As an alternative strategy, they’ve approached a number of possible buyers to see if they can close an acquisition of the company or its technology, multiple sources have confirmed. If a buyer can’t be found quickly, the site may shut down. ...

SearchMe May Go Offline Tomorrow (Updated: Offline Now)
TechCrunch — ... wrote to me this morning with an update on where things stand. I reprint most of it below with his permission. Bottom line, The site may go offline at least temporarily tomorrow if a buyer does not step in (Update: The site now redirects to Google): ...

Will someone give Google a raise after “Google Fast Flip Launch”? Not likely!
Josh Chandler — On the one hand, Google as a company is an infallible resource of research and communication. On the other as I have written numerous times here and here, I have certainly never been a firm believer in Google’s “innovative” standards. So, even on the break from regular writing (during my college term!), I did get time to read the BBC writeup on “Google Fast Flip”. I certainly made my feelings known a little earlier via a brief Friendfeed discussion, but I felt a little more compelled to step up and vent a little further in ...

SearchMe’s Intellectual Assets Being Broken Up And Sold In Parts
TechCrunch — ... Anyone want to buy $45 million worth of visual search patents and other intellectual property? That’s about how much venture capital went into visual search engine SearchMe, which ...