Search Socially with Scour
Innovative, Search, Social Networks, Web 2.0 August 4th, 2008
Another player into the search engine game but this time with a difference! Presenting Scour beta (like all other web 2.0 startups!) which allows you to search and get results from all the major search engines combined! Yes, Scour returns search results from Google, Yahoo! and Msn together with the option reviewing and commenting on the results. And while doing so, you also have the option to earn some quick bucks too!
Check out now : Scour
More details after the jump.
Here is the official press release…
Search Socially! — Social Search Engine Scour.com Launches, Offers Incentives to Search, Vote, Comment and Refer
SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Blending the best of algorithmic and human powered search, Scour.com launched today as a meta social search engine which encourages voting and commentary on search engine query results called from Google, Yahoo! and MSN. Scour fosters community- building and enables discovery through user feedback, friends and groups while giving users control of the search parameters needed for accurate results based on their preferences.
“Scour gives people a different way to search by infusing the best search results available on the web, with a way to benefit from the previous work and feedback of millions of searchers,” said Daniel Yomtobian, president and CEO of Scour. “The concept is not new, but we believe we can bring the elements together better than some of the other engines have to date.”
Scour differentiates itself from other social search, ratings and community sites in that it:
- lets users vote and comment on search results
- provides superior privacy control
- gives weight to preferred engines
- lets people redeem search points for VISA gift cards.
Scour pulls search results from the top three search engines. From there it thrives on feedback to make the results ever more relevant. After enough votes on results, a search result can rise or fall in ranking which will make listings across all the engines more relevant on Scour.
Then, what are you waiting for? Head to Scour!
Please Note : The link to Scour before the jump and above are referrer links.


