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Perhaps people would like to take their fair share from the search business, instead of giving the whole revenue to one single outgrowing company.

> How does it seed the engine with results so > that they are relevant from the get-go …

Until the final launch FAROO will increase the index size with an initial crawl, to prevent the “chicken or the egg” problem. This is the reason, why FAROO is still a private beta test, concentrating on the core p2p technology.

> It is based in Erkrath, Germany. Long shot.

I always thought that in the internet age the information flows through the solid submarine cables really fast between the continents
When all the American search companies go to China, perhaps the Europeans could help out meanwhile in the US

Everybody who understands that logging your personal searches by Google, your ISP or your administrator is not necessary to provide very good search results. (Nobody sees your keywords when you search with such an P2P engine.)

Everybody who dislikes spam and paid rankings. (In a P2P network spam vanishes quickly, original content will be most important.)

Everybody who wants to see the dark web not indexed by Google. The indexing is decentralized, so it will see parts of the web not reach by Google.

My thought is that, although Loudtalks is neat, both the IM and voice spaces are so cluttered it may be difficult for an independent piece of software to compete — even one with a unique feature.

When I think of Loudtalks, I can’t help but have the idea that it would be an awesome feature to add to an existing IM client. But I didn’t get any sense of whether you intend to compete or go towards being acquired — again, the technical problems during the presentation were just bad luck.

Good luck with the company!

I’d like to comment on some issues, which you brought up. There is no reason why a hundred of buddies would bubble at you simultaneously. This doesn’t happen with your IM, this won’t happen with Loudtalks. If there are people who would not respect your time, you probably don’t want to have them in your Loudtalks contacts.

You make a valid point that sometimes getting the message as a text is more convenient. We don’t aim to be anything for every situation though — we only want to create the best experience for quick and unobtrusive conversations. Sure sometimes IM or email or SMS works better — fine, there is a place for all of us.

It’s true that there are many voice services, but they are essentially a telephone. Loudtalks is closer to IM than to a telephone so we don’t really compete. There is no other program, which lets you do what Loudtalks does. I use it and it’s so much quicker that I don’t even think about switching to IM until I need to post a link or copied text. The obvious challenge is to have enough people actually try it.