I’ve been playing around a bit with Searchme and I have to say I’m impressed.  I’ve seen other visual search engines that just didn’t work for me.  They seemed more set on adding visual elements to traditional search than to really being *useful*.  For example, I don’t get much value from things like Aquabrowser, which is used at my local library.  Compared to that, Searchme has some great features.  I like that the results are displayed at a large size, as opposed to a tiny thumbnail.  I enjoy scrolling through (and I think the similarity to the iphone interface has to be noted here).  I like that you can narrow your search to a certain topic or category, and that there are even graphic icons to help you identify those categories.  I’m not sure how results are ranked, though.

All in all, another interesting tool to check out if you think (like I do) that the web shouldn’t just be a tool for those who like text.