What happens when you take on Google & Microsoft

softball · 07-25-2009

They tried it:
www.searchme.com

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/24...-their-future/

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 that 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.
The search engine first launched in March 2008, and has raised around $44 million in venture capital. Sequoia Capital has backed them from the start, beginning with a $400,000 seed round in 2005.
SearchMe has an innovative visual approach to search that lets users scroll through screen snapshots quickly. It is particularly appealing on the iPhone, and has been one of my favorite apps since launching late last year. It’s something that is just perfect for a mobile device with a large touchscreen.
Here’s SearchMe on the iPhone:

thepunisher · 07-30-2009

nice information. Thanks

Hell Puppy · 07-30-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by thepunisher

nice information. Thanks

fuck off.

sincerely.

raymor · 07-31-2009

It looks like Google acquired searchme in the last week. I'm very interested to see what
they do with the searchme ideas, technology, and people. Google rarely if ever buys a
company for traffic - they buy for ideas and expand on them.

softball · 07-31-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by raymor

It looks like Google acquired searchme in the last week. I'm very interested to see what
they do with the searchme ideas, technology, and people. Google rarely if ever buys a
company for traffic - they buy for ideas and expand on them.

Search me was very cool. I hope they incorporate some of those ideas.

07-25-2009	#1
softball Members Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 6,165	What happens when you take on Google & Microsoft They tried it: www.searchme.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/24...-their-future/ 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 that 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. The search engine first launched in March 2008, and has raised around $44 million in venture capital. Sequoia Capital has backed them from the start, beginning with a $400,000 seed round in 2005. SearchMe has an innovative visual approach to search that lets users scroll through screen snapshots quickly. It is particularly appealing on the iPhone, and has been one of my favorite apps since launching late last year. It’s something that is just perfect for a mobile device with a large touchscreen. Here’s SearchMe on the iPhone:

07-30-2009	#2
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07-31-2009	#4
raymor Members Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 42	Re: What happens when you take on Google & Microsoft It looks like Google acquired searchme in the last week. I'm very interested to see what they do with the searchme ideas, technology, and people. Google rarely if ever buys a company for traffic - they buy for ideas and expand on them. __________________ Ray Morris support AT bettercgi.com Strongbox - The next generation in site security Throttlebox - The next generation in intelligent bandwidth control Clonebox - Backup (disaster recovery) on steroids Make money with your sig