Comments on: Mahalo.com emerges as yet another search engine

By: VentureBeat » Human powered search engine Mahalo raising more money

VentureBeat » Human powered search engine Mahalo raising more money — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:26:53 +0000

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By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:08:50 +0000

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Mahalo.com emerges as yet another search engine, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:51:17 +0000

Very interesting idea, very similar to a web directory, but more like a web directory on steroids.

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:02:21 +0000

I like the idea of not having to surf through the useless pages that some of the engines turn up. I look forward to the day that its no longer Alpha.

By: dabu

dabu — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:04:54 +0000

This is similar to mahalo – http://en.dabu.pl

However, it is more extended in polish version – http://dabu.pl

By: TOM ZOOKN

TOM ZOOKN — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:04:10 +0000

What you think guys about http://www.iloggo.com, Polish based “web desktop and bookmarking service” ?

By: Matt Marshall

Matt Marshall — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:14:17 +0000

Gokhan, it is not the world’s first human-powered search engine. It has been done before.

Getting user-generated links, that is new, but will it be as organized as Jimmy Wales’ coming effort? We’ll see…

Matt

By: Gökhan Besen

Gökhan Besen — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 07:16:08 +0000

Matt, I see your point, but search engines are not only about visual presentations but more of technology behind. Hakia displays the results based on its own algorithm whereas Mahalo in their own words is “world’s first human-powered search engine” which is totally a different story and I think it’s brilliant. Involving users as co-developers in a search engine is the difference that Mahalo goes after, and that shouldn’t be confused with presentational aspects or similarities that any other search engine has. That’s where I stand. Very nice article btw.

By: Tim Jones

Tim Jones — Thu, 31 May 2007 19:50:11 +0000

What disappoints me about Mahalo is not the implementation – I think the look and feel is pretty good and it’s smart of Calacanis to focus his efforts on the top 10K search terms.

I guess I just expected a more exciting concept from Calacanis. Mahalo is just a retread of ideas that have been tried before – there’s really nothing innovative about it whatsoever. Doesn’t mean it won’t make Calacanis some money, but I think many of us were expecting something a bit more exciting and groundbreaking from him.

By: Matt Marshall

Matt Marshall — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:54:10 +0000

Gokhan,

Check out Hakia and search for “Madonna,” and see how “gallery” format is very similar. To match apples to apples, type in “porsche 911″ into Hakia. Note the first listing, which directs you to the “gallery” for Porsche, which again shows a very similar format again to Mahalo’s.

By: The Blogosphere In Uproar Over Slew of Major Announcements

The Blogosphere In Uproar Over Slew of Major Announcements — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:22:09 +0000

[...] What does the rest of the blogosphere think about it? Mahalo forces people to change their searching behavior, requiring them to calculate when to use Mahalo versus say Google or other engines — all things that make this a long-shot for quick, big success. – VentureBeat [...]

By: Gökhan Besen

Gökhan Besen — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:29:08 +0000

How exactly do you relate Hakia and Mahalo search engines? I don’t see any corellation.

By: Adam Jusko

Adam Jusko — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:08:33 +0000

Seems to be almost exactly the same idea as Bessed.