QuestKeys: A Workaround for the Long URL Tangle

FROM TECHNEWSWORLD

Startup QuestKeys has a unique take on Web searching and linking. Instead of dealing with long URLs, QuestKeys provides a downloadable toolbar that users can access to quickly find and share favorite pages without being floored by the many links a typical search engine brings up. Getting noticed in a sea of unique search tools may be among the challenges lying ahead for QuestKeys.

Despite the innovative concept behind QuestKeys, the Allens' startup endeavors face an uphill battle in getting noticed by potential users. The Internet is filled with numerous alternative search methods. Part of the quest for the QuestKeys technology will be to avoid getting lost in the crowd.

That could prove to be one of the Allens' greatest hurdles. They have to figure out how to work QuestKeys into users' minds. The big question is, can QuestKeys get to the point that it has even a fraction of the instinctive familiarity that established search engines have achieved?

"Most [search alternatives] don't provide the 'go-to-it-on-instinct' that Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) or Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) provides. They try to achieve this by similar design styles. The Web provides a platform for people to create new business ideas every day. The question is, are these people doing the market research to find users to support their new ways to search?" Billy Canu, CEO of search engine optimization firm SEOhaus, told TechNewsWorld.

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