We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve been selected to present at SVASE Launch: Silicon Valley 2009. Together with Search Cloudlet, we’ll be introducing an exciting new joint product. Here is the SVASE Launch: Silicon Valley press release: Countdown to Launch: Silicon Valley 2009 Continues as SVASE Selects 30 Emerging Tech Companies to Unveil New Products […]
Launch: Silicon Valley 2009 Selection
May 26th, 2009
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OneRiot Announces Real-Time Search Partnership with Surf Canyon
May 22nd, 2009
Jolie O’Dell at ReadWriteWeb wrote a post about OneRiot’s new real-time web results API and their partnerships with Surf Canyon and WebMynd. A couple nice screen shots of Surf Canyon in action were included at the bottom. We announced our integration with OneRiot’s real-time web results in March with our launch of v2.0.2 and have […]
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Brand Thunder and Surf Canyon Partner to Bring Personalized Search to Custom Browsers
May 18th, 2009
COLUMBUS, OH (May 19, 2009) – Surf Canyon Incorporated and Brand Thunder LLC announced today an agreement to integrate Surf Canyon’s highly praised personalized search application into Brand Thunder’s custom browser Booms!. Given the complementary nature of the two products, the partnership will focus on improving the search experience for users of Brand Thunder’s Booms!. […]
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Top 3 Firefox Extensions for Bloggers
May 13th, 2009
Don Reisinger, CNET Blog Network author, returns with another list of useful Firefox extensions. This time he lists the top 15 add-ons for bloggers, and we’re honored to be in the top 3: “When you research a post on Google, Yahoo, or Live Search, chances are that you might be missing some relevant links on […]
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v2.0.4 – Further Refinements
April 30th, 2009
v2.0.4 introduces top of page Refinements. Additionally, the Categories introduced with v1.1.4 have also been relabeled Refinements. Refinements are suggested query reformulations based on your query and Surf Canyon’s real-time model of your inferred intent. In a sense, Refinements are personalized reformulations targeted to your “at the moment” information need. Furthermore, these links will send […]
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Add a Little Humor to Your Search
April 13th, 2009
Not that search is boring (we think it’s incredibly exciting, although we’re willing to recognize that perhaps not everyone shares our level of enthusiasm), but why not spice it up with a laugh from time to time? America’s Finest News Source, The Onion, winner of the prestigious Peabody Award only last week, has been delighting […]
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The Barnacle Approach
April 3rd, 2009
Kaila Colbin, ambassador for the Web Genome Project, writing “Google Watch” for Network World, talks about the virtues of building businesses upon businesses: “Take, for example, Surf Canyon. Their handy browser add-on digs into Google results to pull relevant links from further down the SERPs — good for searchers, but also good for the sites, […]
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One of 20 Recommended Add-ons for Firefox
March 28th, 2009
Don Reisinger, a technology columnist and member of the CNET Blog Network who posts at The Digital Home, includes Surf Canyon in his list of 20 recommended add-ons for Firefox. Surf Canyon is one of the five add-ons recommended for students.
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v2.0.3 – Just WOT you need!
March 27th, 2009
Compatibility with Web of Trust (WOT), an extremely popular, free Internet security add-on for your browser, has been in demand for some time. It is thus with pleasure that we can announce that v2.0.3 (currently available on Mozilla) is fully compatible with the WOT security icons in Firefox. WOT ratings come from their community of […]
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5 Stars from CNET Editors
March 15th, 2009
It occurred a couple months ago, but the Editors at CNET have given Surf Canyon a 5-star review: “Save time when you surf with this smart add-on that offers further recommendations based on your searches… Basically, this program weeds through of all the useless search results and can save you valuable time. Best of all, […]
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