It's been an exciting and action-packed 6 months for Presearch!

We're well on our way to realizing the vision for an open, transparent and community-driven search engine, and we couldn't have done it without the incredible support we've received from our Members!

Please join us as we recap our progress so far and prepare for the next phase of the project.

(Note, if you don't want to read the story and just want the numbers, scroll down to the end for the TL;DR version)

Project Genesis

In the beginning, there was Google; the academic research project apparently founded to help the world make sense of the vast troves of data scattered over the world wide web.

In the year 2000, 21-year old Colin Pape, Presearch Project Lead, had entered the web publishing world with the creation of ShopMidland.com, a local business directory. This site would introduce many in his home community to Google by featuring a search field that directed people to the innovative new search engine.