Surf Canyon gets another $250K for its improved search results
Surf Canyon, a company that tries to improve on the results you find on search engines like Google, has raised $250,000 in new funding. That’s not a huge amount of cash, but chief executive Mark Cramer says it was an up round, meaning that the Oakland, Calif. company’s valuation is rising. Plus, Cramer points to new data showing that Surf Canyon’s results really are more relevant.
You can access the application either through the Surf Canyon… Continue Reading
Search startup Surf Canyon adds more ways to find relevant results
Surf Canyon is a startup that helps users drill in on the search results that best match what they’re looking for. It started out as a destination website, then morphed into a browser plug-in, so users could download it and customize their search results while using the engine of their choice. Now, with the release of version 3.0, the Oakland, Calif., company is launching a search website again.
Is Surf Canyon just confused? Not exactly. Chief… Continue Reading
Search startup Surf Canyon gets personal
Surf Canyon, a browser extension that helps you hone in on the search results that best suit your needs, is adding some new features today that bring more customization to your search results.
The Oakland, Calif. startup isn’t trying to build another Google or Yahoo, but rather improve on the results you get from those engines. Everyone has moments when they don’t quite nail a search query on the first try, and have to reformulate their… Continue Reading
Surf Canyon adds Craigslist support to help you find your next apartment
Surf Canyon, a Firefox browser add-on that helps you find more relevant search results, can now help you search for jobs, apartments and more on Craigslist.
The Oakland, Calif. startup’s goal is to help users locate the search results they want without having to repeatedly tweak their query. Once you’ve installed Surf Canyon, a bull’s eye appears next to your search results in Google, Yahoo or MSN. When you see a result that’s close to what… Continue Reading
Surf Canyon raises seed round to refine your search results
Surf Canyon, creator of a browser add-on that helps you find more relevant results in a Google, Yahoo or MSN search, has raised a $600,000 seed round from angel investors, according to TechCrunch.
I wrote about Surf Canyon in February, when the company launched its Firefox and Internet Explorer add-on. Once you’ve installed it, a bullseye appears next to each of your search results, and if you click on the bullseye similar results will appear. Chief… Continue Reading
Surf Canyon launches browser add-on to refine your search results
Surf Canyon, which helps users improve and refine the results they get from search engines like Google, publicly launched its browser add-on today.
Once users install Surf Canyon, a bullseye icon appears next to every item you bring up in a Google, Yahoo or MSN search. If one of the search results seems particularly relevant to you, click on the bullseye and Surf Canyon will offer you three more recommendations based on what the add-on thinks… Continue Reading
Surf Canyon lets you refine results within Google
Although developmental search services like Powerset and Hakia may one day rule the search market, for the moment, Google and Yahoo still dominate.
Surf Canyon is a new service that wants you to use it along with Google or Yahoo, offering users an easier way to instantly refine results. Google makes you change or add keywords in your query to refine results, which produces a fresh list. In fact, you may just want to refine some… Continue Reading