Smeepe
I have a small, probably absurd, but reasonable prediction.
It is possible for a search engine to know too much; and by too much, I mean, “The Google”. I use it every day for everything, but when it comes to finding local businesses? I usually go to Google Maps first, but lately it’s been Yelp, because I end up there anyway. Same thing for movie information, IMDB directly, instead of Google. Google’s great for information digging and burrowing, but when it comes to searching for things you already know there are sites for, I believe that niche market search engines and sites are going to be a big part of how it’s all done.
Now, I’m not saying there will be a Puppies Search Engine and a Balloon Animal Search Engine, but Yelp, IMDB, and the sort make sense of their existance because they’re loaded with info and more narrow in terms of what you can search for. So, Smeepe makes sense, kind of.
Smeepe is a vendor-directory of people and companies that provide services; and in Yelp-like fashion, offer comments and ratings for the companies. Not bad. It’s not location centric, which I think is interesting for a few reasons, but rather, service centric which is great for those providing services that can be performed “anywhere”, such as Web Design… you don’t NEED the guy next door to do it, just don’t outsource to some place oversees, please.
I dunno, it’s a cute site. I probably won’t use it too much other than adding myself and my companies to it to give me some more link love back to my sites. But ya never know – it might become the next best search site on the Internet.
