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Searching for the social

Scour is a search tool that blends results from Google, Yahoo, and MSN together in one stream. You can hot-swap between the three, or break out any single result into another search. If you come across a bad result, or one you think should go above the others, you can also vote it up (or down) or leave a comment.

Unlike traditional search engines, Scour also has something called Friends Feed, which keeps track of friends on the service and tells you what results they are commenting on. It also allows users to add an image to their profile, redeem … Read more

Webware 100 winner: Scour

Site: Scour.com Category: Search & Reference

Scour is a search tool that blends results from Google, Yahoo, and MSN together in one stream. You can hot-swap between the three, or break out any single result into another search. If you come across a bad result, or one you think should go above the others, you can also vote it up (or down) or leave a comment.

Unlike traditional search engines, Scour also has something called Friends Feed, which keeps track of friends on the service and tells you what results they are commenting on. It also rewards users with … Read more

Scour brings friend tracking and personalization to metasearch

Metasearch engine Scour has new features that provide more personalization to users. It has added a Friends Feed, which keeps track of friends and tells users what others are commenting on. Along with that, the site finally allows users to add an image to their profile, redeem points through the user administration pane, and edit the number of results returned from each engine to match searching preferences.

"There's clearly a trend toward personalization on the Web and we wholeheartedly support it," Daniel Yomtobian, CEO of Scour, said in a statement. "The ability to connect with friends … Read more

Scour pays you to search, improve results

Scour is a search tool that blends results from Google, Yahoo, and MSN together in one stream. You can hot-swap between the three, or break out any single result into another search. If you come across a bad result, or one you think should go above the others, you can also vote it up (or down) or leave a comment--something similar to what Wikia did with its hackable search engine.

On top of the basic layer of search interaction there's also a paying element to the site. Every query you make has a certain point value, with interactions like … Read more