Do you Scour the Web?

Written by sylv3rblade on Thursday, 14th 2008f Aug 2008 – 9:07 am - 48 views

Web search has become an integral part of our lives (life on the internet that is).  Whether it’s research or simply something we’re curious about, web search is simply what to do.  Now while everyone has their preference of search engine like Google, Yahoo, MSN etc, there’s a new name on the block that promises a better experience.. and a bit more.

Scour describes itself as a social search engine.  The first thing you’ll notice when doing your first search on it is that it searches several search engines at once.  While the concept isn’t new (there’s quite a lot of met web search engines around that relies ), Scour tries to improve accuracy and relevancy of it’s search results by allowing users to rate and comment on them.

Oh, and Scour pays you to use it.  What more could you ask for?

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