What’s Bessed?
Bessed (pronounced “best”) is a search & information site, whose mission is to offer you the very best sites on just about any topic. To encourage your participation, it’s built on a platform that allows you to comment on what you see, to suggest a site, or to discuss different topics that interest you.
Searching? Use the search box above.
Have a suggestion for a new topic? Leave it in the comments of the Add URL page.
Think a site or page should be listed in an existing category? Search for the appropriate category(ies) and tell us by leaving a comment on those pages.
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20 Comments Add your own
1. Mark Spence February 27th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
Great idea. Pretty smart all in all.
2. Lame March 7th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
yes… lame indeed
3. spaml March 13th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
commenting on search results can really make a revolution in the search engine trends and have it’s own identity separated from Google and other common search engines. I can see a blooming future for this site. Keep up the good work
4. laura March 25th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
I recently added google CSE to my website and absolutely love it, and so do my site visitors.
I am a refugee from eurekster. After trying that program, and other similar, community-based, search engines, I have come to the conclusion that my site visitors want a search engine that is useful to them. And they really don’t want to have to work for it.
Google’s CSE offers the exact customization I need to be able to target the results to my particular market. And it’s speed-lightening quick - something eurekster had and still has problems with.
I guess it depends on what the search engine will be used for, but after trial and error I really believe that google IS search and it will take a lot (if it’s even possible) to push google out of that spot. Especially since their CSE is continuing to offer options for more customization as it develops.
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6. Queen of Suburbia Fashion June 10th, 2007 at 6:22 am
Great idea! Very Web 2.0! or should that be web 3.0?? I can’t keep up!
7. Dan Alger June 24th, 2007 at 10:10 am
Contact any professional association that includes research librarians to offer all research librarians the opportunity to be a volunteer editor. Their profession is to find useful information in a search.
Given time, as your finances allow, take the best of those volunteer editors and hire them as part-time editors.
Given more time and finances, use the pool of volunteer and part-time editors, hire more full-timers.
8. jacqueline June 26th, 2007 at 4:32 am
I’ve been so frustrated finding relevant sites I was thinking of trying to compile a list myself but the amount of work involved seemed overwhelming. Good-luck with your idea.
I’ve often felt that I wanted to search the internet using the equivilent of a subject catalogue, the same way you look for books in a library. The guy who mentioned consulting librarians has a good suggestion. You should consider it. I believe their professional organization is called the American Library Association.
9. AdamBessed June 26th, 2007 at 10:42 am
Dan & Jacqueline,
Thank you for your comments. We are looking at a number of ways to grow faster, and I appreciate these suggestions.
Adam Jusko
Founder & CEO
Bessed
10. Guardian Unlimited: Organ&hellip August 24th, 2007 at 9:39 am
Tom Coates on why bloggers aren’t prostitutes…
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11. Ayushi December 1st, 2007 at 4:17 am
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12. AdamBessed February 21st, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Ayushi,
We’ve added your suggested site at New Jersey News. (Please don’t anyone else use this page if you want your site added — go to Add URL please.)
13. JD - HostGator Review August 29th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Great idea, I like it! Keep up the nice work guys.
JD
14. Ebayer September 8th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
I wish you good luck wih this great idea!
Andrew.
15. oliviaharis September 26th, 2008 at 3:17 am
Since the site is new, it doesn’t work very well yet. I tried several basic search terms, and only got a few relevant results. Clearly the site needs more users to make more comments to incite more revisions; right now, it just won’t compete with larger, more well-known search engines.
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Internet Marketing
16. jessica October 12th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
very interesting site. will keep posted.
17. Adele October 26th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
I think that this is an awesomely good idea! And I like the direction that it is going.
How do I help get the word out?
18. gordon ritchie October 28th, 2008 at 3:13 am
Besssed?? you mean BEST????
19. carl... August 24th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
This bessed website keeps getting better and better. I think it is great.
20. Carl Strohmeyer October 26th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Personally I think Bessed was and still is a good idea. It does not have the “flash” of Mahalo, but personally I think there are too many sites that are like that with all the social media sites permeating the internet.
Comment #2 by “Lame” is simply unnecessary and lack any respect for a good idea.
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