[davep]

Hi everyone,

Been reading site for a while and finally joined.

I am looking to start a new search engine.

I have a business plan and marketing strategy drawn up.

I need a webmaster, developer, programmer to translate my idea into the actual website. I have tried looking for one online but either they don't have the experience, untrustworthy, live on the other side of the world, or have a significant fee. Preferrably looking for someone local, NJ, but can be flexible.

Right now I am NOT looking for any funding.

Hoping to find someone trustworthy, will work on this project as a freelance gig/hobby. I can pay up to certain amount, but willing to give up to 5% of company in exchange of work. Formal paperwork, agreement, contract will be drawn up.

PM me for more info

davep

[E-Helpdesk]

From personal experience, I can say that the technical effort to pull off a project like this will be worth more than 5%. Translating the ideas into technical detail will require knowledge of System Anaysis and Design, database design, software architecture, adequate programming skills and graphic (GUI) design. I am sure I left out some other things needed.

The above skills don't come cheap and most of the individuals qualified will more than likely be making a decent living. Your best bet is to come up with a creative way to attract potential partners. Otherwise, you'll need funding in exchage for ownership.

Hope this helps.

Vince.

[noname]

Im sure you can find somebody to do this project, but getting somebody living so close cud be pushing it a bit. Also, can I ask why exactly you think that this will work?

[davep]

Thx for the responses,

I can address some of those points.

Although it's a search engine the program will not be as complicated as a full blown search engine, sorry i can't give anymore info on this, the most complicated part is probably the program to implement my pricing algorithms.
Any web/graphic design is already taken care of.

As for distance, i am flexible to where you live.
As for pay, i can probably afford one person a freelance salary, plus the 5%.

And finally, why will this work?
As for now all i can say is it is a comletely different way of presenting searches, i believe the finds will be more relevant to the searcher, and allows more business to advertise their products for much less than other search engines. There are other features that i cannot list right now.

There are only 2 people that know the idea and my partner and the first things he and i did was just bash the idea and come up with ways why it will fail, and so far my idea has withstood them.

I will start a new thread on what are missing from today's search engines and hopefully i can get a working example up and running

davep

[davep]

ok everyone,

I made this easier, I will be partnering up with a smaller search engine and they will provide all the software and the engine itself. I guess i need someone to be able to convert the outcome to my search engine and web page, anyone interested?

davep