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Show HN: Studenture - Education Search Engine

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31 pointsBrajeshwar8 comments

Nice to see fellow Chennaite launch something on HN. Congratulations on launching.

The results specific to universities or colleges are nicely formatted.

It would help if you have an example typewritten in the box to help get me started. I was initially looking at a blank screen not sure what I need to search for, considering that I wasn't exactly looking & was seeing it through Show HN.

What is the intent of the site? I mean who is your target customer and how would they find studenture in the first place?

Hi Krish . thanks . you can search the same way how you search in google. Mostly degree courses & institutions to start with. eg , list of universities in India, mba in finance , BS in criminal justice , top 10 .... You can narrow them down by region etc - by default it will list the country of your IP as preference. if possible kindly leave your email id in the feedback form , so i can get in touch with you as we progress.

This is pretty cool. One thing that had me confused was the legend at the bottom of the search result, eg: US - U. The colour of the circle is different for each one. Is it random, or does the colour signify something?

And like Krish mentioned, it would be good to have the examples you mentioned in your reply shown in light gray as a hint text in the search box. It can clear when the user clicks on the box or starts typing.

Hi Siddhartha , thanks for your feedback ... the first legend is the country code , second one is the institution type ... colors are randomized for now .. ur suggestion on the placeholder in search box is taken and will surely implement. thanks .. Kindle fill in the survey too.. good day to u ..

Maybe I have missed something, but other than being a 'search engine,' I'm not really told your site is supposed to be used. Is it good for finding courses? Is it good for finding explanations on a specific topic such as Random Forests?

It looks like a great tool but I don't really know what I'm supposed to be searching for.

Hi there ... thanks . you can search the same way how you search in google. Mostly degree courses & institutions to start with. eg , list of universities in USA, mba in finance , BS in criminal justice , top 10 .... You can narrow them down by region etc - by default it will list the country of your IP as preference. if possible kindly leave your email id in the feedback form , so i can get in touch with you as we progress.

I'm not sure what exactly to do with this site. Maybe there should be an explanation on the main page? Do I search schools? Classes? Degrees? What's the point?

Hi David .. we are education search engine .. you could search the way you do in google .. yes , you can search for degree programs and universities for now .. we are cooking a lot of stuffs behinds studenture to make it more informative.. Kindly leave your feedback & ur email id in the feedback form (in home page) to keep you posted as we deliver new features .

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