If Apple Had A Search Engine

by Jeremy Schoemaker on November 20, 2008 · 61 comments

it would look like SearchMe.

searchme

This week searchme launched their iPhone search application which looks pretty sweet. Check out the vid:

If I had a iPhone I would use it ;)

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1 mrkbsm November 20, 2008 at 10:00 am

Interesting – I’ve used SearchMe on occasion but won’t have occasion to use their iphone app… no iphone for me. Maybe someday they’ll be on a network with better coverage in the midwest :)

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2 Michael Henry November 20, 2008 at 11:39 am

Maybe phones should just be phones.

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3 BusinessX November 20, 2008 at 2:11 pm

Michael Henry all I can say is Amen. If I was able to find one, I would be like Shel Israel and have a rotary dial cell phone. Instead I settle for a ringtone that actually sounds like an old school phone. And that wasn’t easy to find!

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4 andrew November 20, 2008 at 4:00 pm

agree with you on that. Phones are phones. I don’t have any super smart phone and will not get one soon. I have a regular one that does his job

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5 Seo Creations November 21, 2008 at 10:15 am

Whats that means?

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6 ways to make money online November 20, 2008 at 10:24 am

Yea, I’d use it too but that’s not the case right now…

BTW, when will the answers for round 17 come?

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7 Bryn Youngblut November 20, 2008 at 10:27 am

It looks cool but is it going to have as irrelevant searches as that other search engine fail made by former Google employees (I forget it’s name now).

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8 uGuX SEO November 20, 2008 at 1:17 pm

You mean Cuil?

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9 Nick Throlson November 20, 2008 at 10:33 am

Same here if i had Iphone i would so use search me really cool search engine great video shoe

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10 Dick November 21, 2008 at 2:47 am

This is an interesting option. I think that this search will bring owners iphone additional profits.

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11 Zurpit November 22, 2008 at 10:25 am

Yea its very useful for people using the iphone, maybe they can even
add some advertising like featured sites

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12 browie November 20, 2008 at 10:39 am

Sweet. I love iPhones but like you I can’t get one. I tried it for a week here in NE but didn’t get anything between my city and Linc and Omaha. Now i just have a sexy Berry.

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13 Kevin Murphy November 20, 2008 at 10:39 am

Makes me want to buy an iPhone, actually.

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14 Seo Creations November 22, 2008 at 6:20 pm

Then for what you are waiting for?

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15 The Frog November 20, 2008 at 10:41 am

Yep it’s a cool app and it was pre-installed on the iPod sponsored by search me you sent me! :)

Pretty slick application…And thanks for the iPod again!

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16 DollarDevil November 20, 2008 at 10:45 am

My iphone met the pavement at a shattering speed. I dropped it from my balcony to my driveway below. I’m back using my old KRZR. I’ve seen more useful paperweights. =/

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17 Elliot November 20, 2008 at 10:47 am

Thanks for letting us know about this app, im off to get it right now;), oh dont forget the new google voice search app too everyone;))

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18 Seo Creations November 20, 2008 at 11:29 am

If i had Iphone i would love to use search me

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19 Michael Henry November 20, 2008 at 11:42 am

Would you? Would you really? Why?

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20 Seo Creations November 20, 2008 at 12:52 pm

Why you asking that? Why ?

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21 ATLANTA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER November 20, 2008 at 1:11 pm

go buy one and be part of the cool kids. Well, that’s not why I bought mine. I already had cingular and what sold me on it was the visual VM. I never write anything down and just keep it on the phone. Problem, have to listen to all the VM before it. I guess I’m lazy on that part so if fit me quite well.

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22 Rob Malon - Automating Websites November 20, 2008 at 11:34 am

ACK! All those websites logging hits for previewed page loads. Add that to the list of filters for hits logging in custom scripts.

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23 Steve November 20, 2008 at 12:14 pm

I predict that Searchme won’t last. Who wants to flip page by page to find what they’re looking for? People want simplicity…they don’t want some fancy looking site that takes forever to search. It’s not practical.

Searchme is only hype in my opinion.

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24 andrew November 20, 2008 at 4:05 pm

agree with you here. The last time I visited SearchMe website was the last time Shoe monetioned them on his blog.

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25 Technogadge November 20, 2008 at 12:20 pm

Oh man, this is really looks cool. But it is not suitable for serious search, as it takes time to load images and the results are also not relevant in some cases.

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26 meethere November 20, 2008 at 12:26 pm

thats a pretty good application from my fav search engine. :D

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27 andrew November 20, 2008 at 4:07 pm

your favorite search engine ? May I ask you why it’s you favorite search engine ? I can’t see any reasons.

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28 Dr. House November 20, 2008 at 1:26 pm

Yes, it is cool. Looking good. I will try it.

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29 Turn Your PC Into A TV November 20, 2008 at 1:42 pm

Wow. The interface and the image is so clear. I’m going to give it a look

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30 BusinessX November 20, 2008 at 2:13 pm

I am currently using public wi-fi that is intermittent, must be a bad spot. So, searchme is slow loading, it must demand serious bandwidth to use it.

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31 Advertising November 20, 2008 at 2:32 pm

Anything Apple develops is sweet.

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32 Kenney @ Work From Home Blog November 20, 2008 at 3:29 pm

Dude that’s cool. I love the look of the iPhone. the tech used is just awesome. Anyway that searchme app is cool

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33 andrew November 20, 2008 at 4:06 pm

I prefer usefulness over coolness

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34 Robert MacEwan November 20, 2008 at 5:41 pm

Appears resource intensive.

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35 Freeman November 20, 2008 at 5:51 pm

downloading now…. =)

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36 HSD November 20, 2008 at 5:56 pm

very niceeeeeeeeee

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37 LayupDrill November 20, 2008 at 5:59 pm

Nice…too bad Im a crackberry addict myself

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38 Joe Tech November 20, 2008 at 6:14 pm

Nice. I saw that a couple months back, bookmarked it and then forgot all about it. I’ll have to try out the iPhone app. If I ever get my hands on a working mac, I’ll be able to put my iPhone developer license to use one day, too.

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39 Play Games Win Prizes November 20, 2008 at 7:11 pm

You may have given Apple a new idea just now. They’re either going to create their own or buy searchme.

-Mike

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40 rg November 20, 2008 at 7:14 pm

Thank you! Very interesting…

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41 BlogAngry November 20, 2008 at 7:24 pm

It looks pretty cool, I will look for it and download it.

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42 teamray November 20, 2008 at 8:53 pm

Searchme has a patent thou.

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43 Steve November 21, 2008 at 12:34 pm

A patent has nothing to do with the success of a business, product or service.

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44 teamray November 21, 2008 at 1:39 pm

Where in my post did i mentioned anything about the product success or failure?

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45 GPS November 21, 2008 at 12:58 am

What?!? Why haven’t you taken the iphone for a spin yet?

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46 Önder November 21, 2008 at 10:36 am

WOW!!! Its really great and cool. I am thinking like you Jeremy.

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47 Ben Pei November 21, 2008 at 5:19 pm

Me too.. I had a Iphone I would use it too!

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48 Mega Champ November 22, 2008 at 2:48 am

It looks cool, it will require a decent wifi network ot work like it is shown in video. Otherwise in the crappy 3g speeds, it will kill the whole purpose of the app.

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49 Praveen November 22, 2008 at 7:27 am

I am fan kind of fan of Apple even though I have no gadget of it. I am always interested to learn about it and its products. Steve is a great enterprenuer and my role model. I would like to buy some of its products one day and become as him.

He is living genius and all his products are sensations on their own. I think there will be more cool applications on iphone in coming days and is already is a cool phone available around.

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50 Zurpit November 22, 2008 at 10:24 am

Wow looks like a great app, if i had a iphone I would use it

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51 Takumi86 November 22, 2008 at 10:39 am

Looks cool and have a lot of interface also :)

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52 robert entrepreneur November 22, 2008 at 2:14 pm

Thanks for the article, interesting.

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53 Matt Helphrey November 22, 2008 at 2:56 pm

That does look cool. Does the i phone have the song recognition technology as well? I know I saw a commercial for some phone that will recognize the singer and song just by holding the phone where it can hear the music. Technology is amazing and only getting better.

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54 zawadi November 22, 2008 at 4:02 pm

nice phone,never used one before though..

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55 gendut November 23, 2008 at 4:17 am

will be great ……

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56 Ferdi November 25, 2008 at 10:15 pm

I think it wouldn’t look like searchme

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57 gendut November 27, 2008 at 1:43 am

How about apple vs google in searching competition?

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58 Red November 29, 2008 at 10:21 pm

It looks just like Cuil.com but better. Their app on the iPhone is brilliant and will probably keep them from disappearing into oblivion before they even start, like Cuil.

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59 Massive Traffic December 6, 2008 at 5:39 am

Searchme is flashy and slow. that’s why i think that most of the people will just get back to google. Google has that feature too.

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