Readability

Tonight I posted a slight interface change. I have had some concerns voiced to me about the inteface namely a compaint about the readability of the content. The descripitions were a little tough on the eyes. So with a dash of CSS and some color changes we improved the site readability, and a few other things as well. First the URL has been modified to be a little smaller, and a different color. The main description is a tad bit bigger with a different color as well. The title is also bigger with the same color for the link. I also changed the word “votes” to “WeRank.” As for the future many more changes will be comming. Some new features will be due this week, and the interface is still up for discussion. We also will be adding Ajax in the comming months to decrease the need for refreshing the page.

New ways to search

We added a new feature today that allows users to search by looking at new links only, top to bottom or bottom to top. We believe that this will help users identify new links to help vote on, and allow older links that have plumeted to the bottom to be redeemed.

Tag Search

We have added another small update today…Tag search. You can now search for pages just using tags. Tags on pages are now displayed as links. When you click them you will see other pages with the same tags. We will be adding even more functions very soon relating to tagging. We feel that allowing user to tag pages easily will help with the overall search results.

Tagging and Discussions

We have added a couple new features including Tagging, and Discussions. There were also a few bug fixes. As always if you find a bug you may comment on our blog, or let us know at bugs @ seekum.com We will work hard to squash them. We have integrated tagging directly into the results. You may now tag pages which helps Seekum identify what the page is about and adds more pages per search query. We will be adding even more tagging functions in the future, but for now we will just stick to tagging pages themselves. We also added discussions. You can learn about discussions here. Basically discussions allow our users to talk about the search results and help each other make them better. More features will be on there way.

A small update

Another small update was added today, with a few more coming most likely this week. I actually had the honor of working on code this week with my new ipod nano. The ipod nano is for serious programmers that need an mp3 player that is very small so they concentrate on what matters…the code. JK. Seriously though we added a search box underneath the logo on the results pages which if you have been using Seekum you will know is very useful. Look for some major feature enhancements this week, and if you are interested in really learning about the nano just let me know I love mine.

A few improvements

We have made a few improvements to the site. First of all numerical numbers were placed along the sides of the search results. The actual web page is now displayed so a user can know where the link will take them. i.e. underneath a description you will see something like www.example.com/examplepage.html. We have also added a few usability enhancements and bug fixes. As always let us know about any bugs you find so that we can work any kinks out. We will keep you posted.

Sign up for an account

Seekum is now up and running! You can sign up for a free account on our sign up page. We are looking forward to building the next great search engine. What do we need? We need lots of users adding pages to Seekum’s database, and lots of users voting on results for search terms. Well check out what we got so far. Note the site will undergo massive changes in the next week alone.

Interface

Our interface is still being developed. If you want to see an extremely early version of the Seekum interface look no further. Here you go! Keep in mind that this is not the search engine at work, but just a mock up of the UI. Also we are trying to degoogilize it, but we need some suggestions. We find that other search implementations are really ugly.