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12 points by kyrai ↗ HN
I decided to cut all the other features and just release the startup I have been working on for the last few months.

http://seekier.com

I hate to put it like this, but look at it as a twitter for sharing what you search. Seekier lets you see what others are searching, allows you to share your own searches, and discover more through discussion.

Please let me know what you think of the idea and concept. There may be bugs because I decided to just release it. Thanks!

If you decide to register, be great if you posted your profile.

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IK0N
Awesome! :)
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bdickason
I don't really get it? Is there any worth in seeing what others are searching unless it's something embarassing?

I think it looks like a cool idea, but I'm not really sure how to start using it :) The motivation to create a new account is pretty low so perhaps a nice example of how the service helped someone else with their search might sway me?

rooshdi
Sharing my searches with the few followers currently on Seekier has allowed me create conversations around these searches and discover previously unknown interests of friends. Example of a comments page: http://seekier.com/roosh/seek/249

Furthermore, sharing searches provides dual functionality by searching engines and communicating what we're looking for to our friends and followers in one process. The amount and rate of helpful feedback provided for each shared search will only grow as users attract more followers.

olalonde
Is it possible to search "on Seekier" from Google Chrome's URL bar?
rooshdi
Yes, you may search "on Seekier" from Google Chrome's URL bar by right clicking inside the URL bar, selecting "Edit search engines," clicking on the "Add..." button, and inputting the following within the "Edit Search Engine" menu:

Name: Seekier Keyword: seekier URL: http://seekier.com/search/q/6?query=%s

I hope that helps.

mikelbring
That will allow you to search google, but you must be logged in for it to be tracked.
mr_twj
My two cents: make "seeks" into separate threads you can drop/save and continue at any time. Also the ability to sort and delete these hypothetical individual search nodes would be nice. Automatic forwarding to a previous thread of another user containing the term I was searching for would be intuitive, so that users don't have to pioneer search histories already made. You could even "adopt" a thread and pioneer it further for the community. The opportunities for education are endless: students can share their research threads for use by others to include in their own bibliographies and sources (somewhat perpetuating the inbreeding of stale thought in academia but convenient for aggregating it in one place and possibly a starting point for defying it). You can make a dating app to analyze users' data and make compatibility suggestions where there is statistically significant commonality. Also, take a look at http://www.pearltrees.com/ and learn from them. People aren't neat freaks, take advantage of all that is the "lifestream." You guys may have some of what was said in the works but personally I think the dating idea might be most ripe for pursuing in the future. The site as of now has merit to the social bookmarking crowd I think but needs to stretch into new territories that utilize the all important search history for focused applications. Last, don't listen to the nay sayers who insist on you spoon feeding them, it's a waste of your precious time. Best of luck.
mikelbring
I appreciate the feedback. We had a bunch of ideas we wanted to incorporate but decided to just launch the site to see if the idea would stick or not. The dating idea is defiantly something interesting, reminds me of "Recommended people" or something along those lines.