I love this. The UI is A+ and the info is 👌! Not only is this a great announcement for public usage - I think it's going to be a great marketing tool for Mattermark to acquire new sign ups for the free trial. I've already tried to 'add notes' on a few startups I'm creeping :)
I remember checking out the Mattermark Series A deck a year or so ago and it talked about the idea of becoming the B2B search engine. This announcement is great progress!
Definitely worth a look: http://www.slideshare.net/Daniel...
Great work @DanielleMorrill@Sparkszilla@MisterMorrill and co!
Today we are releasing public-facing company search at Mattermark! Now anyone can access our growing company search results, even without a paid Mattermark Pro subscription.
We've been talking for a long time about being a "B2B Search Engine" and we still have a long way to go with this (and we keep falling deeper into the rabbit hole of possibility) but getting more data in the hands of people who need it to answer questions for their day-to-day work is our mission and this feels like a big step forward.
Please do search companies you love and let us know what you think!
@daniellemorrill congrats! I am curious to learn more about the process leading up to this decision. Was it an easy call? Is there a lengthy blog post in the works? :)
@daniellemorrill dope. I loved using Mattermark during the trial period but I can't justify the price tag for the 'investor edition' yet :/ Thanks Danielle!
@daniellemorrill This is one of the most exciting things I've seen today. I've loved using the @Mattermark iOS app since it came out, and find it an invaluable resource for information, and certainly when I need to know something on the fly. I'm definitely excited to use this and see what the MM team has built!
I've been using mattermark app and database recently even without paying those last days and I was asking myself why...
Now I understand.
This is awesome!
Thank you Mattermark for this decision. Congrats @daniellemorrill
This is really cool. From a perspective of design, what is the reasoning behind the constant pay wall reminders? Any plans to minimize the giant gray blocks all over the place? :)
It disrupts an otherwise very beautiful UI.
As always, very impressive. I'm sure the future releases will outdo one another, respectively. Congrats Danielle and team on getting this into the world!
@rebaneindrek@builditacc Thanks for trying it our Indrek! You can send ammendments to support@mattermark.com or click on the link in the upper right that says "See something wrong or missing? Let us know." Thanks!
@tariktech Sure, thanks for asking! Our data collection is much more extensive (Mattermark also tracks public companies for example), and we include signals of growth like web traffic, mobile downloads, social media mentions and followers etc. to help provide a sense of the scale and traction of companies.
Looking forward to hearing your feedback as you kick the tires!
@daniellemorrill - one thing I noticed is that the company autocomplete results on the main search box are nowhere near as complete as the ones in the top-right after you've performed one search. There are a lot fewer options that show up which will lead people to believe the listings they are looking for are not there.
For example, I was searching for my company (Personal | personal.com) and it wasn't autocompleting in the main search box, but is later.
Also, the main box seemed to pick an autocomplete value, even though I didn't select one. Hope this helps...
@tariktech@aeisenberger tweaked this so it is more obvious but the results are scrollable. It is good to know the blue appears as a pick and indeed the first item is selected by default but the intent is to make it clear what happens if you press enter in the search. You can also use your arrow keys to navigate the results (up/down). Thanks for the feedback.
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