Hey Everyone,
Just wanted to say “Thank You” to David over at InternetNews for the coverage he provided on Scour’s newest updates.
InternetNews is a great site to keep readers in the know, be sure to visit their site and check out the Scour Review.
Thanks again David!
-The Scour Team
Scour Featured on InternetNews!
October 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Announcements
Tags:internetnews·new features on scour·scour review·scour updates·social search
New Features Live in Scour Results!
October 13th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized, updates
Our newest version of the Scour Search Results is now LIVE!
Here is a breakdown of what’s new:
1. Faster Search Results!….We’ve improved search speed by 80%! We recently clocked a search for “shoes” at .123 seconds! That’s even faster than Google at .16 seconds!
2. New Layout: We’ve removed the top sponsored results for most listings [...]
Tags:fast search engines·meta-search·scour·social search·social search engine·upgrades to scour
The Building Blocks of a Social Search Engine
September 18th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Announcements
Lots of time and thought goes in to running a search engine, and an equal amount of consideration must go in to creating a social network. But what about when the two are added together? We at Scour would like to provide our users with the very best in content and give them [...]
Tags:pandia search engine·scour rewards·scour.com·social search·social search engine
Putting the “Social” in Social Search
September 12th, 2008 · 7 Comments · General
It is our continued mission at Scour to build a search community, one that fosters communication between the user and search results to order to create the best search experience possible. After all, how can we call ourselves a social search engine, if it lacks that critical communication?
Keeping with this theme, AltSearchEngines wrote [...]
Tags:altsearchengines·social search·social search engine
“And the first Scour payout goes to…”
August 5th, 2008 · 45 Comments · Uncategorized
We know you’ve all been wondering, and we’re excited to share the news that the very first payout of $25 was issued to… (drum roll please)… Peter Yu in British Columbia, Canada! Congratulations Peter!!
This Waterloo engineering student heard about Scour from a friend and decided to put our news social search to the test. After [...]
Tags:payment questions·Payout·scour·social search·VISA
scour on techcrunch… help us digg!
July 16th, 2008 · 10 Comments · Uncategorized
[digg=http://digg.com/tech_news/Scour_com_Search_Better_and_earn]
Hey all… Dan, our CEO here at Scour, is on techcrunch! And we need your help to digg the story! Just click on the digg icon in this post to vote for your new favorite search engine. Thanks so much! Check out the video below…
[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=7fLQ6a-DAuw&feature=related]
Tags:digg·scour·Search·social search
launch day madness!
July 14th, 2008 · 38 Comments · Uncategorized
Wow, what a busy day we’re having launching Scour! Thanks to everyone who has visited, signed up and started using the site! Check out all the buzz here…
I am very pleased with initial user thoughts and feedback we’ve been getting. People are really understanding the value of scour we had envisioned when re-designing the product, [...]
Tags:launch·new search engine·scour·scour.com·social search
Early Scour news!
July 13th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized
Our official launch is tomorrow! And the buzz is already getting around…
Check out the articles from Josh at Webware and Paul at Mashable, and our quick pitch that made it on TechCrunch! We’ve gotten some great reviews and are really looking forward to hearing what our users think of the site… check back often as we [...]
Tags:mashable·scour launch·social search·techcrunch·webware
scour how-to!
July 10th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized
Check out our handy post on how to use Scour!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWBI7F_bMQk]
Tags:calacanis·demo·mahalo·scour·scour search·Search·social search
Welcome to Scour!
June 25th, 2008 · 10 Comments · Uncategorized
We’re a brand new social search engine and we can’t wait to get to know you! On this blog you’ll find news about new features, great info about the site, frequently asked questions and links to press we’ve received. We are also hoping you’ll leave your comments here about how to make Scour better… for [...]




