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SearchMe visual search engine launches private beta
One way to fix this problem (if it is a problem, honestly it usually takes just a few seconds to find what you're looking for on Google), is to provide users with screenshots of a web page before they click through to visit that page. SearchMe is a new service that does exactly that.
When you enter a search term, SearchMe will scour its index for matching web pages. But instead of presenting you with a list of text links, you get a screen filled with web page screenshots. You can scroll through them in Cover Flow fashion to find the page you're looking for. If you like text based lists, you can use the list mode which will bring up a resizable list box at the bottom of the while keeping the thumbnails in the top.
SearchMe is hardly the first company to launch a visual web browser. Exalead launched a service last year that presents thumbnail images of web sites next to text-based links. And you can install a Firefox plugin that adds the same functionality to Google. But neither solution is quite as slick or pretty to look at as SearchMe.
SearchMe is currently in private beta, but you can request an invite from the site's home page.
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RP said 8:27AM on 3-12-2008
Just watched the video. Very cool. We've seen similar functionality before (eg: Ask.com has previews). Here, I think the presentation is what makes it stand out. It looks like something you'd see from Apple in OS X, or Microsoft Surface. I'm guessing it's all done in Flash, to get that fluid UI.
It's nice to see someone giving Google a challenge. We don't want all those vested millionaires getting bored! :-)
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oiya said 11:45AM on 3-13-2008
The reason google is successful is because of its simplicity. Even though searchme is nice and useful, because of bandwidth and computer power this site will become a tool for the select few, when you look at the global picture.
Anyway I wish them luck!
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