Mahalo.com

[Peter2]

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/118/man-vs-machine.html

 

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[LightHouse]

intresting read thanks peter

 

[Shawn]

Wasn't Jason fired from aol recently?

 

[Z5 FILMS]

Here's a video of Jason talking about his Mahalo.com venture.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEmXwBKuw3k"]YouTube - #442 Jason Calacanis Mahalo[/ame]

 

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[Analyzer]

His plan was devilishly clever: He would create a human-powered search engine that builds out prefab responses to the most popular search terms. He would shoot for the top 30%, or about 15,000 terms, to effectively skim the cream from the entire search business. Mahalo would deliver results for searches like "Paris Hilton," "iPod," and "Bill Gates," but not for your local high-school football team or childhood sweetheart.

Isn't this somewhat similar to what wikipedia does?

It gives summarized information written by humans and a list of the more relevant links at the end.