So what can we say about Scour.com?
I’ve only been using Scour for a couple of days, but I have yet to feel the excitement in garnering points and friend points from it. It has the essence of a social networking site and a search engine in one. If I weren’t an Internet Mareketer focused on SEO, I would probably be using Scour more and maybe even have fun at using it.
Maybe it’s because I’m still all stick and glue to Google when it comes to SEO. I also don’t see a lot of my colleagues using Scour. In the end, despite the excitement over it, Scour.com still remains to be just like any other social site.
Putting my opinion aside, how does Scour.com work? What are the points for? How is it like a search engine and a social site at the same time?
Well, like any other social site, you get to have your own profile at Scour. It generally just shows your points and Scour activities. Your Scour Points are earned whenever you search and refer the site to your friends and acquaintances. You’ll get 25% of your referred friends points and you just might get to cash in for your Visa Gift Cards!
Whenever you make a search on Scour, you’ll have the option to sort your search results by search engine (choose from Google, Yahoo!, MSN, or just leave it up to to Scour). With your search results is each result’s ranking and the comments that go along with it. This feature might prove helpful to many who would like to compare the rankings of a site in the three top search engines.
You can also vote on the search results on whether they were helpful to you or not. You can either vote them up or down. These votes are what Scour.com uses to rank the sites (if you opt not to sort the results by Google, Yahoo!, or MSN).
Last but not least, you can also connect with other Scour users. A social site surely wouldn’t be complete if you cannot connect with others and make networks. You can connect with Scour users that had voted on the same search results you voted, or just connect with anyone! Scour users are visible whenever they make a comment on one of the search results. This is a good chance to befriend someone across the Web, knowing you share the same interests.
I have yet to scour for more at Scour.com. So far, what I have written are just the basics of how Scour.com works. Additional information about the site would be that it also has a browser available for everyone. Scour.com can also be used at Facebook!
