Heeble the Searchengine

Phoog · 06-30-2005, 10:10 AM

Hey, my new site is up and running. This is a small test of a way more advance searchengine Im building, so I want to know what you think about it, what you miss and what's not looking good.

Heeble

Thanks

StudioWorks · 06-30-2005, 10:46 AM

Hello,

Looks too simple.. nothing much to review there. Do you get any traffic ?

- SW

Phoog · 06-30-2005, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by StudioWorks

Hello,

Looks too simple.. nothing much to review there. Do you get any traffic ?

- SW

Just launched it so dont have any stats yet, what do you think I shuld add/change then?

Phoog · 06-30-2005, 11:34 AM

Thanks microdude

Petter · 06-30-2005, 11:50 AM

Nice and simple with a good color sceam. A little to simple IMHO, but yet over the line of what I consider "solid work".

Niek · 06-30-2005, 01:49 PM

the header and footer should stay this way , i think they it looks good.
Maybe add some ads

bhyraj · 06-30-2005, 08:33 PM

nice layout. best colour used.

mcfry · 07-01-2005, 12:06 AM

Well, here are my thoughts...

Essentially you have an incredible service here. Very accurate results, quick responses, and a very functional layout. Looks superb. Unfortunately, your site is an also-ran. What differentiates you from the competition? Can't be site features, because a9 has you beat by a mile. Can't be site design, because google's extensive HCI research means that they're pretty much guaranteed to always kick-ass with hyper-functional layouts. Can't be index size, because google's index is roughly 1,800 times the size of yours. And it can't be integrated services, because, well, you don't have any, and Yahoo does.

All of this adds up to a very big question, which is the essence of your problem and leads to a poorly constructed business model: why should users search on your site over any other? Do you plan on using deceptive marketing techniques to get people to search on your site? Why should I, a user who has already searched once, return to your site to search using it again?

General questions aside, I have some technical questions:
- Are you tapping into any search API's to get your results (doesn't appear to be a9, google, yahoo, or ask, and I'm guessing the answer is no given your index size)?
- How have you gone about building up your search index?
- What kind of search algorithms are you using to come up with your results? Are you looking at network structure, page content, or some combination of both?

And some business oriented:
- What are your goals with the service?
- Do you plan on creating a unique search process to later sell to existing search engines a la early google with yahoo?
- Have you gone looking for funding?

Sorry for all the questions but I'm insanely interested in structured data mining techniques and, in particular, the pagerank algorithm. I think you have a great service here but i'm affraid it won't appeal to any markets unless the idea is retooled a bit. Best of luck in doing just that!

Ed

Originally Posted by bhyraj

nice layout. best colour used.

PS Bhyraj (and all other thread trolls) - please don't post stupid comments like that just for the namebucks. It's obvious that you haven't given any thought to the site or to what could be improved.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/web-design-reviews/103063-heeble-the-searchengine.html

And, assuming that it takes about 15 seconds to enter this thread, type, and send that response, and that namebucks are trading at $.016/NB, you could make an OPTIMAL wage of 7.68/hr if you enter and respond to every thread at that rate. Given that you really are more likely to respond to about 30 posts/hr max to avoid suspicion, you'd be making more along the lines of $.96/hr. THE BOTTOM LINE: is the effort even worth it??

Phoog · 07-01-2005, 01:58 AM

PM'ed mcFry for a deeper discusson around the subject.

Thanks for the rest of the comments.

webworksfirst · 07-01-2005, 02:14 AM

hi there,
it is good but a little simple when you look at it

cheers

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webworksfirst NamePros Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 171	hi there, it is good but a little simple when you look at it cheers

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