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John Holland replied on March 22, 2008 19:55 to the question "The wrong image is showing up for a page." in Searchme:

We will be updating our pages with new material daily but there may be times when you feel that some of the images we show you have changed on the site or the content is different.

We our constantly refining our image spider, and over time, it will get better at intelligently imaging web pages, and increasing the frequency of visits to sites that change content frequently.

John Holland set one of John Holland's replies as an official response to "How can I buy stock in Searchme?" in Searchme

John Holland replied on March 22, 2008 19:53 to the question "How can I buy stock in Searchme?" in Searchme:

Currently, Searchme is privately held, which means our stock is not available to the general public. However, if you're looking for a job, stock options are granted to Searchme employees! :-)

If you're interested in working for Searchme, send your resume and cover letter to jobs@searchme.com.

John Holland set one of John Holland's replies as an official response to "What about my privacy on Searchme?" in Searchme

John Holland replied on March 22, 2008 19:52 to the question "What about my privacy on Searchme?" in Searchme:

Searchme is committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and security of personal information about our current and prospective users. For more information, you can read our Privacy Policy. Just click on "About", and you'll see our "Privacy Policy" on the left hand side of the window.

John Holland set one of John Holland's replies as an official response to "What should I do if I find inappropriate content on Searchme?" in Searchme

John Holland replied on March 22, 2008 19:51 to the question "What should I do if I find inappropriate content on Searchme?" in Searchme:

Search engines spider the WWW, which sometimes stands for the "Wild Wild Web." When you're using Searchme, you may discover this kind of content.

To flag inappropriate content for our search quality team, click the link at the bottom of the page descripton that says "flag as inappropriate."

Thanks for helping us make insure that our content is appropriate for our users!

John Holland set one of John Holland's replies as an official response to "I'm not getting very good results. What's up with that?" in Searchme

John Holland replied on March 22, 2008 19:46 to the question "I'm not getting very good results. What's up with that?" in Searchme:

I'm sorry to hear that you didn't find our search results up to par. Keep in mind, this is a beta release, and we're continuously working to improve our relevance and coverage. Rest assured, the relevance our results will improve over time. I will report your experience to our search quality team.

Right now our index is really small, around one billion documents. That means that sometimes you might not find what you are looking for. We are adding pages to the index daily and we want to make sure we have the ones you are looking for. Our goal is to have as many pages as those other guys soon, so bear with us.

Our ranking algorithms which select the right pages to return when you do a search get smarter over time. Right now they are like babies, but they will grow up fast as more-and-more people use the engine. That means that sometimes you will get search results which may seem like gibberish.

We're always looking for feedback, so if you see something that doesn't look right, please let us know!

John Holland set one of John Holland's replies as an official response to "How do I see more than the first few pages of results?" in Searchme

John Holland replied on March 22, 2008 19:42 to the question "How do I see more than the first few pages of results?" in Searchme:

You can see as many pages as you like - just click through the first set of pages on the right-hand side of the screen, and you'll see more pages load automatically.

John Holland set one of John Holland's replies as an official response to "How do I see results in a list, old skool style?" in Searchme

John Holland replied on March 22, 2008 19:41 to the question "How do I see results in a list, old skool style?" in Searchme:

To see a list view of your search results, try clicking on the double arrows at the bottom of the screen. Your list view should appear. You can click the arrows again to make it disappear, or grab them and drag to resize the list view.

John Holland set one of John Holland's replies as an official response to "When are you going international?" in Searchme

John Holland replied on March 22, 2008 19:39 to the question "When are you going international?" in Searchme:

International users are very important to us. We plan on supporting international character sets and language, but aren't ready to announce the details yet. Stay tuned!

John Holland set one of John Holland's replies as an official response to "Where does Searchme get its results?" in Searchme

John Holland replied on March 22, 2008 19:38 to the question "Where does Searchme get its results?" in Searchme:

Searchme was built totally from scratch; everything you see was made in-house. We're using our own spider, index server, query server, and image server.

John Holland set one of John Holland's replies as an official response to "The images seem hard to read!" in Searchme

John Holland replied on March 22, 2008 19:37 to the question "The images seem hard to read!" in Searchme:

Yeah, sometimes the pages look a little fuzzy, don't they? We did our best in trying to make pages that were big enough to see pictures and read headlines, yet small enough to load quickly. We hope that's enough information to help them decide whether they want to visit a page or not, and "read the fine print."

If you have a larger monitor, you can try increasing the window size.

John Holland set one of John Holland's replies as an official response to "Why aren't images up to date?" in Searchme