SearchMe: Sequoia funds a new Search Engine, really?

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March 11, 2008 ||

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Sequoia just lost $31 Million as it funded a startup named “SearchMe” which states that there hasn’t been much innovation in the field of search engines and their aim is to fill the gap between innovation and search (saving the world!).

A new day brings a new “Me too” search engine which strongly believes that search engine market is big enough for everyone to survive (Only time will tell). SearchMe offers new revolutionary technology which delivers search results in site snapshots instead of text.

If you have ever used iTunes to browse through your tracks using Cover Flow 3D graphical interface you will know how SearchMe works. Following image shows what the search results look like

Reasons why I think SearchMe might not be a success

SearchMe is not clearly solving any problem
Its easier and quicker to browse through text than images specially when you are looking for text based information.
Image search engines require more clicks and add more steps involved in the process of searching and reaching the destination site.
Rendering images require more resources than showing text based results thus shooting the maintenance and infrastructure cost through the roof.
Business model? Advertising can only be successful if there are enough users searching on SearchMe..

Being that said, it will be interesting to see how SearchMe attracts users and keep them coming back to search more.

SearchMe is not open for users yet, however, you can signup for a beta tester.

Watch the following video to see what SearchMe looks like.