Surf Canyon

Today we’re proud to announce Surf Canyon’s inclusion in the BOSS Mashable Challenge:
“The BOSS Mashable Challenge pits developer against developer to compete for the grand prize of $2,000 and an article on Mashable about your winning entry. How do you win?  Build a kickass mashup – search engine or any other Web app – using […]

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Late last night we released the latest version of our application.
The first important change is that we altered the frequency with which we deliver “recommendations.” With previous versions we would always deliver at least one recommended search result in response to a user action. With v1.1.3, however, all recommended search results must satisfy a minimum […]

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Today the latest release of Surf Canyon was unleashed upon the world. The most important development is the enhanced compatibility with the Firefox version of Google Preview, which is available on addons.Mozilla.org. Google Preview “inserts preview images (thumbnails) of web sites into the Google and Yahoo search results pages” and these previews are now available […]

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Weekly Prize - $25 Gift Certificate from Amazon.com
Update (8/26/08) - This will be the last week for this promotion. The final winner will be announced tomorrow, August 27th, 2008. Thanks to everyone who participated! 
This week Surf Canyon is initiating a contest to promote the new “Email This” feature. A $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com will […]

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v1.1.1 of the extension was released today. Here are the major improvements:

Now works if your browser does not accept cookies
User interface translated to Deutsch and Português
Craigslist enhancements
Various patches and performance enhancements

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This handy feature has been around for a few weeks, but it’s worth pointing out now. Ever wish there was an easy way to email results you find directly off search results page? Wish no more!
Next to every search result Surf Canyon has added an “Email This” link (indicated by the red circles below) that, […]

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Anthony Ha at VentureBeat helped us announce the latest version, and first major upgrade, of Surf Canyon.
v1.1.0 for Firefox includes support for the release version of Firefox 3 and both the Internet Explorer and Firefox extensions are now integrated with Craigslist. When searching through classified listings on Craigslist, in addition to benefiting from Surf Canyon’s […]

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Less than one month after being “approved” by Mozilla, we’re thrilled to announce that our extension has been added to their list of “recommended add-ons,” an honor bestowed to a mere 3% of those available. Drew Olanoff at Download Squad picked up the news with the following:
“When we saw Surf Canyon, we figured it was […]

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TechCrunch and VentureBeat both broke the news a couple of weeks ago, but today the official press release went out over the wire:
Surf Canyon Receives Seed Funding for Search Application
Surf Canyon’s innovative technology accelerates the search process, enables searchers to find relevant information buried among results
OAKLAND, CALIF. May 28, 2008 – Surf Canyon today announced […]

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We’re pleased to announce that today Mozilla approved our Firefox extension, which is now available to the general public on addons.Mozilla.org.

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