Searchers (search engine)

Searchers, named Searchers.com until a branding change in 2008, is owned by Reach Global Ltd. Development on the internet search engine began in 2003 at its headquarters in Church, Lancashire.

The seventh version (v7) of the Searchers algorithm was launched in October 2010 and included the basis of the Credibility Score, a "measure of commercial conduct".

The debate, entitled UK Internet Search Engines,[6] was raised by Hyndburn MP Graham Jones[7] and attended by Culture Minister Edward Vaizey.

[8] It achieved moderate coverage across a range of print and online news sources, including the Accrington Observer, Tech Watch[9] and The Register.

[10] A related adjournment debate was scheduled on 5 April 2011 by Esher and Walton MP Dominic Raab,[11] entitled Net Neutrality,[12] during which Edward Vaizey confirmed his intention to visit Reach Global and its search engine.