BooRah - Inside the Buzz

Planning a romantic dinner for two from the comfort of your home? Or, driving down the peninsula in your buddy’s car while subconsciously craving for delicious Tiramisu? Well, BooRah is here to help you no matter where you are or how ‘connected’ you are. We just rolled out the next rev of our semantic full-text search engine.

Why use BooRah?

• It’s easy! No filters to play with, no search refinement. Our search engine just gets it. here, try out a few searches: best foie gras in san francisco, great view san francisco, tiramisu menlo park, best deep dish pizza in chicago
• Access anyway you like:
  • We now support mobile users. Simply punch in boorah.com on your mobile browser and you’re on your way.
  • Smart browser search plugin. Install our plugin and be amazed how well it understands various queries
    
    Note: Works only on Firefox 2.0+ and IE7+
  • SMS search: Text “boorah <search query>” to 4INFO (44636) to receive results via SMS
    E.g.: boorah pho mountain view
• Look Beyond options: BooRah will prompt you to look beyond your current geography when there aren’t enough choices. E.g., a search for Pad Thai in Atherton, CA yields no results. However, check out how easily you can look around in neighboring cities.
  
• Utility links: We have aggregated hundreds of thousands of useful links so you don’t have to go looking for restaurant discounts, online reservations, or menus. Try it yourself: reservations in Palo Alto, discounts in New York, online menus in Mountain View

What do you think? Tell us what you like or don’t like about our search.

On the road?  Looking for a good place to grab a bite?  Simply SMS “boorah” + your search term to 4INFO (44636).  You’ll receive a SMS response with the top 3 restaurants matching your search criteria.  Unlike other SMS services, the results you see are based on the user popularity of restaurants across the web from reviews - consumer reviews, bloggers, and pros - not just for restaurants that pay to be listed.Sample SMS search terms:1.  boorah Palo Alto (returns top 3 restaurants in Palo Alto)2.  boorah lobster bisque San Francisco (returns top 3 restaurants with most positive references to lobster bisque)3.  boorah Mexican Mountain View, CA (returns top 2 Mexican restaurants in Mountain View)