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Re: More betting on visual search: SearchMe raises another $12.6M

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Re: More betting on visual search: SearchMe raises another $12.6M

loupaglia — Sat, 31 May 2008 16:07:14 -0000

You anonymous Disqus user! Now I have to figure out which Mike D from a long time ago your are. Are you the Mike D from Sloan or the Mike D from About? Reveal yourself. :)

Anyway, I don't disagree with your math, if they can capture a small share of search, there is revenue to be made. But two issues:

1. Getting to 1% in a visual search model I find to be a challenge
2. At some point, monetization model has to kick in and that means ads if they are going for share. And going to ads means having to impact the nice, smooth cover-flow design they have.

Re: More betting on visual search: SearchMe raises another $12.6M

Tony Robertson — Sat, 31 May 2008 15:32:58 -0000

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Re: More betting on visual search: SearchMe raises another $12.6M

Mike D — Sat, 31 May 2008 14:22:43 -0000

Yo Lou - long time amigo. While monetization is an issue, I don't think it will be their issue. They'll probably be a strict technolgoy/talent acquisition long before they start ringing the cash register. Even if they do crack the code, 1% search share != 1% seach revenue (rounds to zero $). It's all about scale.

We did some interviews/concept value test recently and presented Search Me to respondents. It proves very useful when there's a mass of low authority sites - good design correlates strongly (not perfectly) with good content. Saves a few trial and error clicks...

Re: More betting on visual search: SearchMe raises another $12.6M

dumbfounder — Sat, 31 May 2008 12:02:07 -0000

The problem is, if you grab 1% of the search market, how do you monetize it? By going to Google for ads. If Google doesn't want to deal with you, you are basically screwed. I mean, Yahoo has like 16% or whatever and they are still screwed.

Re: More betting on visual search: SearchMe raises another $12.6M

loupaglia — Sat, 31 May 2008 07:54:06 -0000

agreed. i think it is neat and the visualization is nice, but it is simply a slower search tool and I do not think the return is there from Google fast results and clicking through some choices. I think it is probably a fantastic designer's search engine so you can find views of different ways people are attacking a topic from a design side.

looking ahead, I would like to know how SearchMe is going to tackle the money problem. throwing ads into their engine, even text-based, is going to really hamper that nice clean look they have going.