find.mobi

Mobile search: what are people looking for?

ronan — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:38:39 +0000

One of the great things about running a mobile search engine (find.mobi ) is that it gives you a direct line of sight into the behaviour of normal users, and their expectations of what is available on the mobile web.

One interesting insight we've gained from find.mobi is that the majority of search phrases are navigational in nature.

New features in find.mobi

ronan — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:39:29 +0000

Now that MWC has passed and we're temporarily freed of the metabolism it imposes on us (and the entire industry), it's time to report on what we've been up to.

We've been adding some new features to find.mobi. The biggest new feaure is one that is not immediately apparent to the eye: a much bigger index of mobile web content. We did this with a delicate blend of brute force and subtlety:

Find.mobi goes beta

ronan — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:33:06 +0000

Those of you who keep a close eye on your web server access logs may have been wondering what the botmobi crawler was doing sniffing about your site. Well now you know: we're pleased to announce that find.mobi is now in public beta.