Wednesday, June 18, 2008

SCOOFERS, SMART SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET

Scoofers, a new search engine that combines search results with popular bookmarks of users, has been launched in the US and in the Netherlands.

Relevant search results
Scoofers is a new search engine that quickly finds what you are searching for. Many well-known search engines only generate automatic search results, but Scoofers uses expert knowledge when ranking the results. This makes the search results more relevant.

Scoofers fetches the expert knowledge from social bookmarking websites where people share their favourite links. These websites are particularly popular in the US and have millions of users. Scoofers ranks its search results based on the popularity of these shared links. In addition to the general search engine, four special search engines have been launched: Travel, Electronics, Party & Dining and Fashion Shopping.

Refined search
Thousands of websites have been refined, such as “for youth” or “for seniors.” These refinements are based on the popularity of the social bookmarks. The user will see more relevant websites using these refinements.

Jeroen Maljers, founder of Scoofers cites: “Are you looking for a holiday in France for the whole family? Simply search under Travel Scoofers for ‘France’ and select the “for families” refined search function.”

Easy to use
Scoofers has a clear layout and is easy to use. Handy tools, such as a search engine toolbar, can be downloaded from the Scoofers website.

Note from Jeroen Maljers:" Above our press release. We are live in the US and the Netherlands! After 6 months of programming and labeling the internet we introduce our search engine. Please test our services and give us feedback. Best regards, Jeroen".