After getting a solid start with the music industry search engine Music Biz Search, I decided to go ahead and launch World Cypher: Hip Hop Search Engine and start the long process of adding sites and refining search results.

In Music Biz Search, I’m limiting the search to specific sites and webpages that are then searched using Google’s Custom Search Engine.  With World Cypher I’m selecting sites to be emphasized but the full reach of Google results is included.  My goal is to produce search results that emphasize high quality sites and I will continue to experiment to achieve the best results.

At first I was holding off on creating a hip hop search engine, in part, because I already knew of at least two others being started using Google’s CSE but then I realized that every new wave of online tech has brought new hip hop search engines so I might as well join the fun.

If you have a site that you think should be included in either Music Biz Search or World Cypher, you can write Clyde at:
search(at)prohiphop(dot)com

Please also send feedback on your search results.  If you have a specific search that results in lots of links to one or two sites or that returns low quality resources, please let me know including the search terms entered and a basic description of the results.