Suggestions:

Would be cool if there were more options like, specifying a price range.

I'd also prefer more results per page instead of just five. I also think the results could be designed a little bit more... like having a little more leading and tweak the positioning of the meta-data so that it's a bit more readable.

I'd also prefer some information on the job creator.

I love Krop.com because it allows me to scan job titles, company, and location. I don't bring this up to copy them but rather to show how easy it is to scan. Same goes with sidestep.com results: many different types of data in one result but designed with care to scannability and a clear hierarchy.

Although it's not yet possible to search an exact price range, its possible to search for all jobs matching a certain criteria with a price >= X.

For example, if you wanted to look for all banner designing jobs worth, say $500+, you could search the following:

+banner +design minbudget:500

I hadn't though about the job creator until you mentioned it :) Will work on adding some info about them.

I really see what you mean with Krop.com and sidestep.com. It's a big challenge, fitting in a lot of data in a meaningful way without overwhelming the user.

You've given me a few good leads. I really appreciate it. Thanks!

EDIT: Sorry, this is the correct query: +banner +design minbudget:500

Another option is to keep the text until the users actually starts typing, but I haven't tested that option too much - I'm afraid it might be confusing for users, who don't realize they can start typing to clear the text.

Some other feedback: the text descriptions for jobs seems a bit wide and hard to read for me.

I think it would benefit from better text contrast (I find it hard to read lighter grays on white.

Otherwise it looks interesting, though I don't see a startup point other than sponsored listings.

I've used dark grays in place of black to balance the contrast. I personally find it more readable this way, but maybe I'm alone on this.

For some reason, the page seems off-center. This might be my tiny resolution combined with the feedback tab on the right.

Love the results page.

I would love to see some of the advanced search options incorporated into the UI-- maybe on an advanced search page, though, so you aren't sacrificing any simplicity.

I would maybe tighten the letter spacing between the g and r, and definitely between the r and e.

Hehe. The name has a story behind it. grep is a UNIX tool used for searching files for matching text. 42 is the "Ultimate Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything". So grep42 is a search engine for searching the ultimate answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything ;) Well, maybe we'll get there someday!

I saw the page just now. It seems centered to me. What resolution are you running at?

I am working on the advance search options UI atm. It's a tricky one. Cause there's still some other things I need to figure out which could affect advanced search. However, some of the capability is already there but it comes without a UI (more here http://www.grep42.com/faqs/)

Thanks for the suggestion with spacings! I wanted to avoid images as much as possible, but seems like I'll have to settle for a logo image to incorporate the fine-tuning!

Personally, I read it as "grep-for-2", which doesn't really mean anything.

I feel its neither cliched nor easily comprehensible yet sort of catchy once you're used to it. Its not something anyone would relate to at first; but its an opportunity, a differentiator, an empty cup that could be filled with anything. Once people start relating to it, they'd never confuse it with something else :)

It's possible to do the inverse right now, pick results from a particular source. Like you could search for "+php +facebook source:elance" (without quotes) to get php+mysql jobs results from elance.

You can also specify a budget with "minbudget:[number]" shorthand. It will search for all jobs with budget >= what is specified.

There's a third shorthand that lets you see only fixed-pay jobs or hourly jobs "type:[hourly OR fixed]".

Its all written down here http://www.grep42.com/faqs/. Perhaps I should make it more obvious?

EDIT: Sorry, the shorthand/filter "budget:[number]" should be "minbudget:[number]"

Is 10/page enough or do want it to show even more results?

Any suggestions on the job result format?

Do you see yourself using it regularly?

Would be even better with RSS/Atom feed.