-->
-
Taking the Hawaiian word for "thank you" to a whole new level, the launch of Mahalo.com, a new human powered search engine created by Jason Calacanis, was officially launched at 3:00PM PST on May 30, 2007. Primary search results for search terms were revealed in a "Top Seven" area, as hand picked results from workers called "Guides" search for the best results on the internet and list them per section on the search page. To the right of each search page is a "Guide Note" which includes information about the page as well as a "Fast Facts" section which gives point by point quick fix information results.
-
Fast Facts
- Official launch: May 30, 2007 at 3PM PST
- CEO: Jason Calacanis
- CTO: Mark Jeffrey
- Editorial Director: C.K. Sample III
- Headquarters: Santa Monica, California
- Concept is to search for the best results possible and filter out spam
- If Mahalo has not built a search result yet, you can request it
- Users can also suggest links
-
Praise for Mahalo
"Mahalo works by giving you search results that the editorial staff has pre-selected for Mahalo use. It’s set up a team of about 40 people to handle this feat. We’ve all had those experiences where we search for something and don’t find anything that comes close to what we need. Mahalo aims to incorporate the human element to search, such as ChaCha is looking to do. And it’s raised a lot of money to do so, with an undisclosed amount of funding led by Sequoia. The best part of Mahalo is the directory-like search results that appear for your query, somewhat like Wikia, with the human element thrown in." -MashableMashable: Mahalo Launches a Well-funded Human Powered Search -
Critique for Mahalo
"Granted, Calcanis admits that Mahalo is not intended to be a “google killer”. But even in competition for a single percent of search market share, I think they’ll run into problems competing with algorithmic-based search engines. It’s no coincidence that Ask’s new ad campaign claims, “The Algorithm Killed Jeeves." -Search Views by Peter HershbergSearch Views: History Lesson for Mahalo -
Categories
- View History

- Discuss on the Message Board

- Embed this Page

-
Share this page
-
-
The Mahalo Top 7
-
Webware: Mahalo: Screw the long tail
webware.com -
D: All Things Digital: Mahalo
d5.allthingsd.com -
Search Engine Land: Mahalo Launches Human-Crafted Search Results
searchengineland.com -
SFGate.com: People Power Fuels New Search Engine
sfgate.com -
Wall Street Journal: Humans to Generate Web-Search Results
online.wsj.com
-
Webware: Mahalo: Screw the long tail
-
-
-
-
Questions and Answers About Mahalo Launch Press Coverage | View All | Ask a Question
View All Mahalo Launch Press Coverage Questions (8586) | Ask a QuestionWhat do you think of the early press on Mahalo Answers? (13 Answers)The early press looks very promising. the best way to get anybody to do anything is to incentivise and you have hit that nail on the head.Even I answered a ... read moreOpen Thread: Mahalo 2.0 launch! Join us here for discussion. (19 Answers)YEA! I'm answering in Mahalo 2.0!!! Yippee! Um...but why has my point total and dollars earned gone down by a few each? read moreCan you make a summary of Mahalo Answers coverage from today? (8 Answers)"It's an interesting business model, and from what we've seen can be very addicting. There's certainly a potential for people to become semi-professional "answerers," who are constantly trolling the site ... read moreMahalo 2.0 Launch Bug Thread (67 Answers)Relaying this from a friend: she joined Mahalo, her login name appeared in the upper right where it should (although she has yet to receive a confirmation email), and she ... read more
Ask a Question about Mahalo Launch Press Coverage 140 characters