FyberSearch in 2006: What Nathan's Doing Next
I had the pleasure of catching up with Nathan Enns of FyberSearch the other day (Remember Nathan? Andy spotted him back in the day). He was just sitting down to a lunch of whole grain cereal and Mountain Dew.

My goal was to learn what's up at FyberSearch. Here are the highlights:

FyberSearch was originally built in PHP - Nathan spent novemeber and december writing the FyberSearch backend in Python.

He's moving the FyberSearch site search tools into more member services, possibly giving members more control over the algorithm on their sites and the ability to set cycles for updating.

He's in the process of creating a website for search engine owners/builders, including a forum with members-only sections for algorithm development. He's noticed an increase in search engine owners/developers seeking a community as well as folks looking to sell to search engine owners.

The Numbers:
2005
500k queries per month
40-60k uniques a month

2004 uniques
80k queries per month
8,000 uniques a month

Sales of his CMCA have been good and he's still hiring for a sales position.

Offers He's Received:
He's had one offer to buy and several investment offers, allowing him to keep 51%. He's had many, many companies and individuals offer to hire and relocate him. The most offers he's had though are people wanting him to include their ppc feed into fybersearch.

Watch this guy - he's wicked smart. His search engine owner and builder community site will fill an interesting niche in the industry and will probably open up some new revenue/development ops for Mr. Enns.
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