Presearch Weekly News & Updates #141 — October 13th, 2023

Presearch

4 min readOct 13, 2023

This Week in Review

Find out about the latest progress with Presearch this week! Let’s start with the highlights…

321 million PRE staked!
PRE value ~$0.020 / 0.8 bits
81.2k staked / 65.5k active nodes
CMC = 775, Coingecko = 953
Dev: shopping ads, Telegram search bot, Rakuten API(Looking for Cosmos developers)
Weekly Wins
Marketing & monetization update
Community questions

Weekly Wins

We make great progress every week, but these are the Weekly Wins we’re most excited about!

Media kit completed
Rakuten approval for 100+ affiliates
New integration with TakeAds
Included as default SE in Masq privacy browser
New affiliate search providers — Samsung, TradingView & eBay
Telegram search bot alpha
New shopping tab live
Shopping results moved to right column
New ‘advertise’ page

Marketing update

We’re spreading the word to drive more users and increase the number of searches!

Focus on getting Presearch listed in alternative search engine sites
There are more and more sites that list Google / big tech alternatives and we’re doing a big push to ensure Presearch is listed on all of them. If you see one that you think Presearch should be on, please post a message into Telegram or Discord.
Social media campaign
Continuing to expand social media reach. Working on putting together a campaign to tap into viral news of the day and direct people into Presearch search results.
25 PRE incentive for installing browser extension
We are now rewarding users with 25 PRE for installing the Presearch browser extension. Working toward more specific incentivization for taking certain actions to drive growth.
Video marketing campaign planning
Continuing to work with a video marketing company to develop our campaign and are preparing to onboard with them so they can build out the full plan and begin developing creative.
This is the start of the Youtube campaign that is mentioned in the roadmap. It will be ongoing for the life of the project, and is beginning now in Q3.
Solid search numbers
This week saw a range of search activity between 3 and 4 million searches per day, depending on the day.
Growing the growth marketing team
We are still looking to grow the growth marketing team, and are talking with some experienced growth marketers about joining Presearch. If you are constantly thinking about ways to grow the Presearch user base, please contact colin@presearch.io and let’s talk about how you may be able to assist.

Monetization update

Presearch is ramping up monetization to ensure we reach our potential as a leading search business with a sustainable and regenerative token ecosystem

Homepage takeovers
The homepage takeover strategy is continuing to evolve.
We are now creating our own HPTS with links to affiliate opportunities that we think the community is aligned with, at the same time, we’re doing outreach directly to crypto projects through Telegram, and automated Al outreach to other potential customers.
TakeAds integration
The TakeAds integration sees affiliate links added to organic search results where possible. A P_partner logo denotes any of those links. Will ultimately enable searchers to disable these links if they they don’t want them. May require a search stake to do so.
More than 100 new affiliates
Ed has been busy and got us approved with more than 100 affiliates through Rakuten.
Call for Search API customers
Have an idea for someone who might want to integrate search results into their apps or websites? Email collaborate@presearch.io for details.
Product ads now live
Product listing ads have been moved to the right to provide a cleaner search experience.
New shopping tab
Presearch now has a shopping tab with aggregated product ads that match your search query — example ‘running shoes’. If you buy through that shopping tab, the project gets affiliate commissions.
Monetized search providers
Now monetizing through affiliate links for eBay, Samsung, TradingView and other search providers.