Guide Note

SeeqPod is a search engine that locates multimedia files which are hosted on public webspace. It displays results on a search results page which streams the files in an embedded media player applet. While it is most popular for finding MP3 files, SeeqPod is also designed to search for many other kinds of content.

Fast Facts

1. Established in 2005
2. Launched in May, 2007
3. Founders: Kasian Franks, Raf Podowski and Shekhar Lodha
4. Search engine based on a mathematical search/sort algorithm
5. Originated in the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory¹
6. Primarily used to search for MP3 files
7. Also searches for: images, video, slideshows, interactive presentations, podcasts and other content¹

SeeqPod does not host any of the content directly. It finds content hosted in webspace that is not password-protected. It then streams files from the original host site. This practice is unpopular amongst music bloggers because their bandwidth gets leeched and SeeqPod does not directly credit the original poster.²