I totally think Mojeek needs more marketing of sorts. I believe that Mojeek could be a great asset in the search engine game. !!! If there is anything I can do to help market the search engine, let me know. I love helping out where I can.
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I feel that Mojeek is right on the edge of leaping from early adopters to mainstream users.
When I was first introduced to it, Mojeek was rarely even included in lists of search engines or even privacy search engines. That’s changed a lot and Mojeek is showing up on the privacy lists more (but still notably absent on some). So I think there is still outreach to do with privacy advocates, search engine fans and anti-monopolists.
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I totally agree with you @Brad
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This is def true
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I’m chasing up your sticker suggestion from Mastodon @stu, the one thing with merch/giveaways/physical things is that we always do our absolute best to ensure that the supplier and process fit with our principles. No cheap rubbish that’s easily discarded here.
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I wouldn’t expect anything less @Josh
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If you are doing merchandise, I like reusable bags for the market.
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At the moment I think we’re looking at things which are on the smaller side, so this one definitely fits @mike, I’ll dig into it. Once we’ve got some draft versions we’ll bring them here in front of you all.
Maybe there is some kind of environmental company you can partner with. Ex:
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Perhaps Mojeek also needs more publicity in general? Mentions on suitable forums would help to broadcast the Mojeek name. The only relevant forum on which I’m a member is Wilders’ Security Forum, which is US-based.
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That’s definitely an easy way of getting the word out; I guess the issue we’ve found with this approach in the past is that if it comes from us, it seems like an advert. I don’t suppose anyone @here has any idea of a relevant forum?
OK, what about a mention in a respectable publication such as The Register? If that’s out of the question, a bit more guidance would possibly be helpful.
Apologies if I haven’t made myself clear here, but I completely agree with this approach, and want to support it in every way possible.
What I am saying is that it is unlikely that I would be well received as Head of Marketing joining a forum and posting about Mojeek, as it comes off as me just engaging in self promotion.
As @bbbhltz says:
People you’ve interacted with would add more weight to your words if you recommend us in a specific forum, over and above me. I consider myself to be a pretty honest good-faith actor, but if I go into a tech forum and say use Mojeek it’s quite clear to people that I have an agenda.
Unfortunately we’re in a time where everyone has something to sell you, and that has jaded people on this kind of direct approach from the company in question.
If you have any forums in mind, and you think there’s a way of assisting this, then I am all ears, it’s a great idea.
On:
We’re working on our approach to the media currently, there are a bunch of things (functionality, perspectives etc.) that we think are interesting about Mojeek and that we’re trying to get some eyeballs on, it’s an avenue that takes some time, but definitely worthwhile. If there’s anything in particular that you think is story-worthy/pitchable then let us know 
you can’t always know from the inside all of the things that people might find cool.
For @stu, we’re in the later stages of getting some cool designs printed for stickers; I’m pretty sure there will some people here who would enjoy these. They’re standard Mojeek ethos - had to be biodegradeable and we’re using a local company. I will be more than happy to get them mailed out and will let people know when they’re done.
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@bbbhltz I wouldn’t call a value proposition statement you mention (below) dated. But timeless.
For [target market] who [statement of need] MOJEEK is a search engine that [key benefit]. Unlike [competitor], our product [differentiation statement].
You might be shocked how many startups never do one. I’d guess, based on working with many, that the 90% failure rate would reduce to 80% if they all used them. To be fair they are now more widely used in the last decade.
We use various techniques.
A relatively recent one that I think is a great contribution is April Dunford’s which we’ve adopted & adapted as here. Great for B2B as you’d expects since developed by her based on experience working with many B2B statups.
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Obviously Awesome (paper copy) has passed from @Colin to myself and is now with @sam, so these ideas have been making their way through the team 
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So, where do we Brits go from here? And, has anyone been tasked with ‘getting the show on the road’? I know nothing about the Mojeek management team or Mojeek’s business plan for the future. Would anyone care to elaborate?
Hi Everyone,
This afternoon, I made an exciting discovery! I had a look at Wilders’ Security Forums on which I have been a member for a few years. It made reference to the following review:
And, what a wonderful surprise I received. To my delight, there was a mention of Mojeek. It looks like Mojeek received some favourable words by Sven Taylor.
Zed
Here are a few big posts from 2020. Things have moved on obviously, and good progress but will give you a flavour.
I’m still navigating around Mojeek Discourse. Has anyone else seen the Restore Privacy review? If so, do you have any comments? TIA.