STURVS has just launched the beta (test) version of its own search engine. The search engine searches the entire internet for search words/phrases but then also displays results from Sturvs.com to the right so you can see what Nigeria has to offer for every search.

http://search.sturvs.com/

SAMPLE SEARCHES
http://search.sturvs.com/search?query=9ice
http://search.sturvs.com/search?query=yaradua

Noted

looks good!

I like the look and feel of the search feature. Its a good effort.
Keep it up.

Thatz what am talking about! Naija guys building apps comparable to what is used elsewhere. Hopefully, our people will learn to patronize our own products and services just as the oyibos do theirs. Hopefully this, and other similar products will get on the radar screens of the googles et al of the world.

Just tested it and it looks good. I also like the web2.0-type look and feel.

Good job buddy.

Sorry, just wanted to add that I saw you have a facebook app.

If you don't mind sharing with us, how was your experience coding it? frustrations? time it took to develop? inspiration? etc.

If you don't mind, do share. I am considering writing one myself.

Thanks,

I've been building on and adding to the facebook app since I launched in Oct 07, but it took me 1 week to put up the initial app. Once you get an understanding of FBML (facebook markup language) and are proficient in any web programming language, it won't really be a hard task. My app was the first Nigerian one, but there are others now. I'm still working on my app, and have the highest number of users among Nigerian apps. I'm planning to add new features to the app soon, and increase my current membership of 5000+ users

Inspiration? Hmm. For me I just hate the idea that Nigerian websites have to be sub-standard. Our websites can be the same quality and even better than what they have in other parts of the world. Afterall, oyibos arent smarter than us. My goal has always been to create top quality websites that can stand strong anywhere in the world.

Also, I encourage our webmasters to not limit themselves. If you see it done somewhere on the internet, you can do it too.

@sturvs
Pretty good. Pretty good. I am currently reading a book that will teach me more about facebook apps. After that, I want to come up with a unique idea so that it doesn't look like "just another app", then launch, so expect more than the 3 or so naija apps I see on facebook now, in the future.

Thanks, and your response was inspiration enough for me.

There are already books on facebook apps? schew I think theres more than 3 Nigerian apps on fb, but maybe only a few make sense

lol,

Oh yeah, plenty on amazon. and guess what other book I got just a few days ago - a book on the YUI - released no more than 2 months ago.

Pretty "scary" out there with respect to the rate at which IT books are published these days. and as far as FB apps go, I could only find 4 (i searched for "nigeria" in the apps search field area), one of which was only returned because it had "Nigeria" on the actual page (Players from the following countries cannot play, Nigeria, malta, and ghana and one other country).

yeah YUI is the way to go. I've used quite some AJAX on Sturvs.com too.