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 […]
Entries Tagged as 'Announcements'
v1.1.2 - The “Google Preview” Edition
July 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
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Enter Your Friends to Win!
July 16th, 2008 · 15 Comments
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 […]
Tags: Contest · Announcements
v1.1.1 - Toss Your Cookies
July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
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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“Email This” to Your Friends
June 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments
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, […]
Tags: Announcements · Tutorials
v1.1.0 - The Craigslist Edition
June 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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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Mozilla “Recommends” Surf Canyon
June 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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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Seed Funding Secured
May 28th, 2008 · 3 Comments
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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Extension Approved by Mozilla!
May 4th, 2008 · No Comments
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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v1.0.1 Released
April 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
We recently pushed out the latest version of our Discovery Engine for Search.™ Our version page has the details of the additional features, however, Kristen Nicole at Mashable does a great job of explaining what’s new.
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Surf Canyon Launches Discovery Engine for Search
February 19th, 2008 · 14 Comments
Surf Canyon’s browser extension significantly accelerates the search process, enables searchers to find relevant information buried among results
OAKLAND, CALIF. February 19, 2008 – Surf Canyon today announced the official release of its Discovery Engine for Search™ at www.SurfCanyon.com. The browser extension for Internet Explorer and Firefox, designed to disambiguate user queries in real time, significantly […]
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