Comments on: Search Startup Surf Canyon Raises a Seed Round

By: Seed Funding Secured

Seed Funding Secured — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:18:25 +0000

[...] TechCrunch and VentureBeat both broke the news a couple of weeks ago, but today the official press release went out over the wire: [...]

By: New Visual Search Engine Picitup Needs to Pick Up Its Game | Roi Carthy :: Product Launch Consultant

Tue, 13 May 2008 05:51:20 +0000

[...] recently wrote that: It’s hard to compete in the search engine market, but one approach taken by several [...]

By: New Visual Search Engine Picitup Needs to Pick Up Its Game.

New Visual Search Engine Picitup Needs to Pick Up Its Game. — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:29:59 +0000

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By: Review<Web>: Expand the web through Surf Canyon « GeekyCoder

Review<Web>: Expand the web through Surf Canyon « GeekyCoder — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:12:11 +0000

[...] daily review of Web 2.0 startup and happenings by Techcrunch, I came across a very interesting post Search Startup Surf Canyon Raises a Seed Round that caught my attention. I have to admit what pique my interest initially is not what is, after [...]

By: Rod King

Rod King — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:17:19 +0000

I agree with Erick Schonfeld’s comment that it’s hard to compete in the search engine market. I’ve been asking myself what the next stage is in the evolution of search engines. Right now, search engines focus on “information hunters” who are quickly looking for search results that are most relevant to their query term. However, information hunters are evolving into “information collectors” or Internet researchers who want the best ideas regarding their questions. With regard to the latter, search engines from Google and Yahoo provide a piecemeal approach. A disruptively innovative ’search engine’ that is visual and more orientated towards the needs of the Internet researcher is “Galaxy It” (http://search.galaxyit.com). The paradigm governing the design of Galaxy It platform is Total Information Management (TIM).

Rod.
Disclosure: I’m the CEO of Galaxy IT, Inc. The mission of Galaxy IT is to put people in the center of Internet search and collaboration.

By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » 検索エンジンの新興企業Surf Canyonがシードラウンドの資金調達に成功

TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » 検索エンジンの新興企業Surf Canyonがシードラウンドの資金調達に成功 — Sat, 10 May 2008 01:16:30 +0000

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By: Peter Harrington

Peter Harrington — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:50:08 +0000

@phenom

Once they have enough people using the service, they could build their own search engine based on recommended links only

By: phenom

phenom — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:32:35 +0000

wondering how are they planning to make money by sitting on top of search giant

By: Peter Harrington

Peter Harrington — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:11:48 +0000

Does this go against the terms of service for the search engines API?

By: Harry Wang

Harry Wang — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:55:59 +0000

@1/@2/@7: Nah, what they are really after is to decode the various AdSense ad “protection mechanisms” prior to page load using the plug-in so they can pull the AdSense links for use throughout their site as normal links for folks to click on – mo’ money.

Harry “gotcha – just kiddin – or am I’” Wang

By: Surf Canyon raises seed round to refine your search results » VentureBeat

Surf Canyon raises seed round to refine your search results » VentureBeat — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:26:05 +0000

[...] Surf Canyon, creator of a browser add-on that helps you find more relevant results in a Google, Yahoo or MSN search, has raised a $600,000 seed round from angel investors, according to TechCrunch. [...]

By: Angela Hayden

Angela Hayden — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:21:46 +0000

if it is an add-on extension from firefox, i’ll add it.

By: Lack of detection

Lack of detection — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:13:52 +0000

The increase of spyware will create higher oil price, higher food price, unemployment, mortgage crisis, and economic inflation. This is why everything went skyrocketing. The more you steal…. It doesn’t matter…

People will rise the price. So if I download the plug-in and went to banking website. Will Surf Canyon look and steal anything?

By: Divyansh sharma

Divyansh sharma — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:57:57 +0000

do you honestly think
this will ever reach the general market (everyday non-techie users)?

i dont think so dear,
i,
dont think so

By: Search start-up raises $600,000 in seed round… « PlayerSearch Blog

Search start-up raises $600,000 in seed round… « PlayerSearch Blog — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:55:04 +0000

[...] A bootstrapped search start-up launches its product and then raises $600,000 in a seed round. Quick write-up on TechCrunch. [...]

By: IBC

IBC — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:23:52 +0000

Another entrant into Search, and another trying to take the cake from Google and repackage it in a shiny new box. I can’t see many people going to the trouble of downloading a plug-in. There really needs to be a more significant point of difference for a Search-based start-up to crack the nut. I like the ‘human touch’ that Mahalo offers, but really, Google is so convenient and so ubiquitous (in America, at least), that it’ll take more than what Surfcanyon are offering to win over any share of the market.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:55:55 +0000

“one approach taken by several startups is to sit on top of the big search engines and try to improve their results or interface.”

Any start-ups in this field must take steps to protect their IP.

By: vishywashi

vishywashi — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:40:37 +0000

firstly, why a plugin?? its just a fancy way i guess to get people to continue use google and still be involved in the search process. so its like dogpile but doesnt ask you to break your googling habit.

interesting.

they can do a lot more with this… if they get people to install the plugin. i keep telling people a browser is for browsing not searching. we need a search app that will ride on google and kill it if it will. pm me if you want to know what i have in mind.

By: Press Release Point

Press Release Point — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:39:36 +0000

I am still curious to know how will they make money. Yes, in Ryan Merkets words – what is their revenue model?

By: Ryan Merket

Ryan Merket — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:32:59 +0000

This could be useful if you use search engines that just stink… (Yahoo, Yahoo Live, Ask, etc) — I rarely need to click “Similar results” in Google. I actually can’t even remember the last time I clicked it.

$600k for a plugin.

What’s the revenue model?