SearchMe was a visual search engine based in Mountain View, California. It organized search results as snapshots of web pages — an interface similar to that of the iPhone's and iTunes's album selection.

In July 2009, the company ran out of money and the search engine went offline.

History

Founding

SearchMe was founded in March 2005 by Randy Adams and John Holland. Adams was inspired to start this search engine when his 5-year-old son was having difficulty reading. He hoped to create a search engine that "would improve the experience of finding information online". Sequoia Capital spent millions of dollars to fund SearchMe during the website's opening years.

In March 2008, the site was launched in beta status. In April 2008, the company became public.

Offline in July 2009

The company had 1.8 million visitors in March 2009, but by May of the same year, the number of visitors decreased to 600,000. On July 24, 2009, SearchMe went offline due to financial troubles, such as maintaining the servers.

Of its 45 employees, SearchMe plans to dismiss 35. The company will now concentrate on the market of broadband TV.

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Fri Nov 27 00:54:28 2009

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i've got this very annoying tool bar!?
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A. If you installed it on Internet Explorer (IE): Close IE. Start->Control Panel->Add or Remove Programs (Windows XP) Start->Control Panel->Programs and Features (Vista) Look for SearchMe Toolbar and uninstall If you installed it on Firefox: Click Tools, click Add-ons, click Extensions tab at top Click on SearchMe, click Uninstall
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