Search3

One Crazy Summer

2009-07-08T18:26:00.002-04:00

Not only is "One Crazy Summer" a great John Cusak movie, but it's also ME this year. I dove right into my endeavor as a full-time photographer and have also been trying to find some free time to think about Search3 and all that Cameron has going on with this little gem of a search engine!

For instance, I knew it was coming, but Search3 now has IMAGE SEARCH! How awesome is that??? I mean, it just keeps getting better. Bing recently was added to the list of general search engines, and now you can search images as well. Whether you're looking for images of a volley ball playing seal or flowers from the Botanical Gargens in your city, you can get 3 search results SIDE-BY-SIDE to compare and enjoy @ http://www.search3.com

Just give it a try. We hope you like it!

2009-05-20T16:52:00.002-04:00

So we're trying to get some key folks in the press to check out search3 right now -- John Battelle being on of them. So check this... He tweets about how Google wants to be more like Twitter. How perfect is Search3 for this? You can see real time twitter results right next to Google's static results!!! Dude... Look over here!

Searching - Swine Flu H1N1. Who has the best results?

2009-05-01T10:08:00.003-04:00

So I just did a search on search3.com "swine flu breakout maps" - a trending topic on twitter. Very interesting results from the top 3 engines.

Google - some Glennbeck.com site
Yahoo - a reddit link
MSN Live - Google map
Twitter - pralphman

Crazy! I know...
http://bit.ly/R97gY

If Google has approx 63% of the search market, who has the rest??? There are many....

2009-04-30T09:50:00.002-04:00

Check out the top 25 search engines according to Nielsen NetView for March 2009. I will say that searchme and kosmix are ones to watch....

Brand or Channel

Unique
Audience
[000]

Google Search

118,830

Yahoo! Search

60,061

MSN/Windows Live Search

47,905

Google Image Search

40,179

Ask.com

28,917

AOL Search

22,952

Google Product Search

10,234

Infospace Web Search

7,547

My Web Search^

7,482

Microsoft Search

6,748

Business.com

5,238

alot

5,213

Webrewardstream.com

4,510

MSN A-list

4,218

ReachLocal

4,013

Comcast Search

3,276

Info.com

3,118

Searchme

2,639

Myfreebrandrewards.com

2,619

PeopleLookup

2,425

Kosmix.com

2,027

Technorati

1,902

ToSeekA!^

1,850

Snap.com

1,763

Mahalo

1,666

Another interesting search engine: Kosmix

2009-04-16T13:38:00.003-04:00

Like we've said before, we're here to point our visitors to the content their looking for on the internet. This search engine is pretty interesting, especially if you're looking for blog/news content on subjects. You can see how Kosmix will allow you to just dive into a subject, which I think is pretty cool.

Give it a whirl.
Here's my search for "tennis"

Another Really Cool Search Engine

2009-04-15T10:35:00.003-04:00

So, we've started shouting from the hilltops about Search3.com. We're seeing more and more happy faces and are excited about where Search3.com is going, but our missing is to help people find what they're looking for on the internet as quickly as possible. Because of that, from time to time, we're going to point you towards other search engines that rock too.

Case in point:
KAYAK

Kayak lets you search travel in a really cool, fast way. It's super clean and gives you tons of options on how to search, compare, and ultimately find the best deal online. Give it a try!

Search3 + Firefox = Heaven

2009-04-14T01:06:00.002-04:00

How can you use Firefox to your advantage with Search3?

What the heck is Search3???

2009-04-13T10:19:00.002-04:00

Some people probably wonder what the heck Search3 is and why they should try it. Hopefully this quick video will give you an idea of what Search3 is capable of and how it will make your search online easier!

New Search Engines being added soon

2009-04-02T16:58:00.004-04:00

S3 loyalists keep coming back over the next couple of days and see the addition of two new search engines to Search3. One starts with T...... and is constantly in the press right now and the other is an e-commerce favorite. We are really excited about the possibilities of doing one search and getting the official website, an e-commerce site to buy 'it' as well as the wisdom of crowds about how good the product or service is, truly the power of Search3 at work. Check it out soon.

Things we've found on this thing called the "world wide web"

2009-03-18T10:54:00.002-04:00

I've mentioned before that I'm a photographer and how I search the internet for the latest products, tips, etc. But one thing I also look for is inspiration from other photographers. I'm always learning how to take better pictures, tell a story, etc.

So, I wanted to share a link for one of the funniest photo blogs on the internet. And...in addition to it being funny, it's SUPER good stuff. This group of guys is made up of goofy characters who obviously know their way around their cameras.

MAMMOTH MEN

So...check these guys out. But make sure you've got some time on your hands because they'll suck you in and keep you looking through all of the pics from their 4 adventures.

Who would add their own search engine?

2009-03-17T16:53:00.002-04:00

Not saying you can, but if you could add your own search engine to Search3 would you? Please add comments below or send feedback to Search3 or send a tweet to us on Twitter

Search.Twitter.Awesome.Entertaining

2009-03-10T15:20:00.002-04:00

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Twitter is so crazy right now. The growth seems to be spurred on by so many different types of twitter'ers. The business guy, the "I say Funny Stuff" guy, the "i want to be like Brittany Spears" girl, the blogger, the "link me up" junkies, and so on.

I love Twitter for it's ability to build your personal brand. I'm into a bunch of stuff. I'm a freelance photographer on the side, and have been building that business via word of mouth and an online presence for two years. I work for an ad agency and use Twitter to search for chatter about the brands I work on and their competitors...there are just so many uses.

Twitter Search is not only helpful...it's just plain old fun...take the above image for example; top searches include "SXSW", "Watchmen" and "Chuck Norris"!!! How are there enough people talking about Chuck Norris to drive him to a top trend on the site?

Simple - he's Chuck Norris!

NASCAR came to Atlanta! Find the best info on your favorite driver...

2009-03-10T13:46:00.003-04:00

I somehow became a pretty big fan of NASCAR over the last couple of years. I've worked for two Clients that have BIG NASCAR sponsorships and after watching it out of pure job responsibility, I now find myself yelling at the screen for my driver. Joey Logano is the new, 18 year old, phenom driver behind the wheel of The Home Depot #20 car. He's a great guy, who's an awesome driver and digging his feet into his first season as a Sprint cup driver. The Agency I work for does The Home Depot's advertising so naturally we did a lot of research on who Joey IS in order to concept the best advertising around his personality.

I wish I'd had a tool like Search3 to help me find the best information quickly because if there's one thing I've learned about NASCAR and its fans, it's that you'll find more information than you could ever want on your driver if you start searching for it. Search3 just helps cut down your search time.

Cool site to check out; Searchme.com

2009-03-10T13:24:00.002-04:00

Everyone you have to check out searchme.com they are building out visual search and its really cool. Let us know if you think this would be cool to add to Search3? Its very 'applesesque' not sure if that even a word or if i created a word today but its similar to what Apple does with their new Safari browser and with the iPhone album covers.

To click the sponsored links or NOT to click the sponsored links.... That is the question.

2009-03-09T08:44:00.003-04:00

Searchers of the world... at this point, if you're reading this blog, you've discovered that searching 3 is way better than searching one. We at search3.com couldn't be happier that you are using the site....

It was brought to our attention last week that many of you, while doing your best to support search3, have been clicking on the sponsored links. This has raised a red flag with Google - our advertising solutions partner. We appreciate the thoughtfulness in helping Search3 out in it's early days, but by doing so, we are hurting Google's advertiser network... and we certainly don't want to do that. So... the questions stands: To click the sponsored links or NOT to click the sponsored links??? Answer: ONLY IF IT WILL TRULY HELP YOUR SEARCH! Otherwise, please click on the organic results. Thanks for your help on this and keep searching THREE!!

Habits, can you change them, should you change them?

2009-03-06T16:57:00.003-05:00

So I have a habit, I use Google to search for stuff. Lots of things and I, like 70% of people don't even realize I am doing it. I use Google like I use my email client or my telephone, its a product feature in my browser rather than a company. Essentially its a crazy habit that I am not sure I can break. So a few months ago I tried going 30 days without using Google. 30 DAYS!!! I dare you to just try 2 days without using Google! During this time I used a bunch of search engines and was surprised at how good they all where at finding what i was looking for.
Yet at the end of the 30 days like a CRACK addict I returned to using Google, it was a habit I could not break. It was during this time I realized that you can't beat Google you need to join with them and hence the reason search3 will be Google + any other two engines you choose. The jury is still out on whether I can change my habit completely but why wouldn't you choose Google + two vs. Google by themselves?
Please let us know your reasons below

What do you search for offline?

2009-03-04T18:10:00.004-05:00

Everybody hear at Search3 is all about making it easier to find what you're looking for on the web. It's just the beginning for us, and we'll be adding some really cool stuff in the future, but I'm curious what you constantly find yourself searching for offline.

I'm one of those people that always seems to misplace his keys. It's always when I'm running late, too. I'll frantically search the house, covering rooms that I know I haven't been in since I placed my keys wherever I placed them. I'll search under the bed, in the http://www.search3.com/search/?q=closets, on the countertops...you name it, I'll search for it there. And without fail, I always discover them in one of two places:

1) my pocket from yesterday's pants (or slightly more rarely in the pants I'm wearing).
&
2) in the hands of my wife who found them immediately in a location I'd already searched, but missed in my haste...

The real question is...why don't I start with these two places???

So for me, search isn't just online. Unfortunately, there's not much that Search3 can do to help me with this one. ;)

What do you search for?

Find what you're looking for

2009-03-03T21:37:00.004-05:00

The coolest thing about Search3.com is that it just makes finding "IT" easier. By "IT" i mean...you enter the blank. What are you trying to find? Just check it out.

For me, it's photography gear. I'm a professional photographer, who's been in the photo game for just a couple of years, so naturally I'm still trying to pull all my stuff together. But the biggest challenge is knowing where to get stuff, where to find the deal, or the information on the brands I use. I'm a Nikon guy, so I wanted to find reviews on the new Nikon D700. After searching for "Nikon Reviews", THE top result across all 3 search engines was Ken Rockwell's site. This guy has reviewed everything under the sun that takes pictures, so it was such a great way to find information on the stuff I'm really looking for.

So, I still haven't made the purchase, mostly because Ken's review pointed me at the newer D90 which is only $1k for the body. It's not nearly the camera the D700 is, but it would probably suffice and do way more than the D80 I'm currently working with.

Feedback request

2009-02-28T22:04:00.002-05:00

Hey thanks for checking out Search3 please visit http://www.search3.com/info/contact-us/ and give us some feedback on things you like or would like to see changed. Have fun searching search.

Search3.com is Live...but on the DL

2009-02-25T22:25:00.002-05:00

Search3 is unofficially live. You can go on the site right now and search anything your heart desires! It's really exciting to see it up and running and we can't wait to get everything where it needs to be to share with the world. Of course...if you're seeing this blog post, then you should go give Search3 a whirl. It lets you see the top search results from 3 search engines, instead of just one, because searching one engine at a time is soooooo old school.

Stay tuned for more updates, and we'd love to hear your thoughts on the site and how you think we can make it better. After all, Search3 is meant to help you search the web better!

The "big day" is nearly here

2009-02-16T20:52:00.000-05:00

After months in the making Search3 is nearly ready to be born into the cloud! We have a working Alpha prototype that is running nicely with only a few stability issues and some tweaks before the Beta launches for all to see.
Will start more regular updates as we count down to BETA!

2008-04-30T09:36:00.000-04:00

So we are making progress with bug fixes and hope to have a beta product ready to test in the next three weeks. Stay tuned

Beta Tester signup

2008-04-01T09:54:00.000-04:00

Search3 is now accepting emails from people who would like to be beta testers. It will be a few weeks before you get your username and password to the beta site (bugfixing full time).

Once upon a time

2008-04-01T09:41:00.000-04:00

Once upon a time, a small group realized that they were sick and tired of not finding what they where searching for on the web and decided to do something about it. Out of this story Search3.com was born. Search3.com aggregates search engines across traditional search, visual search and semantic search. Search3 is essentially 'searching search'.
Check back often for updates on what we are up to.