Comments on: Take the first step. Stop searching, start finding. http://www.altsearchengines.com/2008/09/15/take-the-first-step-stop-searching-start-finding/ The most wonderful search engines you've never seen! Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:10:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mark Ferguson http://www.altsearchengines.com/2008/09/15/take-the-first-step-stop-searching-start-finding/comment-page-1/#comment-96866 Mark Ferguson Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:26:26 +0000 http://altsearchengines.com/2008/09/15/take-the-first-step-stop-searching-start-finding/#comment-96866 Hi, I'm the lead developer at SemantiFind and I wanted to thank you for taking the time to write this article. To answer your questions: - An open API is in the works and will be ready soon. Our vision as a company is focused on community-based organization of the web, and the API is a large step towards that goal. We're excited to see what creative uses developers out there put it to (and we have a few ideas of our own!). - Surf Canyon suggests results for their users based on their click-through behaviors, and SemantiFind offers results based on semantic labeling provided by the community. While we both work inside the search engine environment, our results come from different sources and are displayed differently, and Firefox will work happily with both installed. - Spelling correction is in the works. Progress is coming along well on IE, Yahoo! and Live Search, and we expect to be on target for release. Other things you can expect to see soon: - Language independence. We're starting with French and will move on from there -- this means that a search for pomme will be equivalent to a search for apple (fruit). - Improvements to the input box user interface. Expect a new look and feel which will be totally comfortable and natural. Thanks again for your interest in SemantiFind! Mark Ferguson Hi,

I’m the lead developer at SemantiFind and I wanted to thank you for taking the time to write this article. To answer your questions:

– An open API is in the works and will be ready soon. Our vision as a company is focused on community-based organization of the web, and the API is a large step towards that goal. We’re excited to see what creative uses developers out there put it to (and we have a few ideas of our own!).
– Surf Canyon suggests results for their users based on their click-through behaviors, and SemantiFind offers results based on semantic labeling provided by the community. While we both work inside the search engine environment, our results come from different sources and are displayed differently, and Firefox will work happily with both installed.
– Spelling correction is in the works.

Progress is coming along well on IE, Yahoo! and Live Search, and we expect to be on target for release. Other things you can expect to see soon:

– Language independence. We’re starting with French and will move on from there — this means that a search for pomme will be equivalent to a search for apple (fruit).
– Improvements to the input box user interface. Expect a new look and feel which will be totally comfortable and natural.

Thanks again for your interest in SemantiFind!

Mark Ferguson

]]> By: Hope Leman http://www.altsearchengines.com/2008/09/15/take-the-first-step-stop-searching-start-finding/comment-page-1/#comment-96339 Hope Leman Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:46:09 +0000 http://altsearchengines.com/2008/09/15/take-the-first-step-stop-searching-start-finding/#comment-96339 Hi, Jeff. Nice video--how does SemantiFind compare with Surf Canyon: http://www.surfcanyon.com/ Hi, Jeff. Nice video–how does SemantiFind compare with Surf Canyon:

http://www.surfcanyon.com/

]]> By: Jeff http://www.altsearchengines.com/2008/09/15/take-the-first-step-stop-searching-start-finding/comment-page-1/#comment-96315 Jeff Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:00:45 +0000 http://altsearchengines.com/2008/09/15/take-the-first-step-stop-searching-start-finding/#comment-96315 See our DEMOfall 08 video here: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid980795693/bctid1778578849 See our DEMOfall 08 video here:

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid980795693/bctid1778578849

]]> By: Hope Leman http://www.altsearchengines.com/2008/09/15/take-the-first-step-stop-searching-start-finding/comment-page-1/#comment-96178 Hope Leman Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:42:16 +0000 http://altsearchengines.com/2008/09/15/take-the-first-step-stop-searching-start-finding/#comment-96178 Screencast, please. Always, always, always. That is how you will persuade the skittish to download your tool. Screencast, please. Always, always, always. That is how you will persuade the skittish to download your tool.

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