• In August 2007, Mahalo introduced the Mahalo Follow toolbar while its "How To" pages gained more attention. Blogger Robert Scoble also wrote a favorable post regarding Facebook, TechMeme and Mahalo that generated much attention.

• 1. August 2, 2007: Mahalo travel "how tos" posted on Gadling
  2. August 10, 2007: Mahalo Follow launched
  3. August 26, 2007: Robert Scoble posts positive blog about Mahalo

• How Tos

  Travel blog Gadling posted about Mahalo's travel "how to" articles, most specifically How to Fly With Kids. Gadling found the article "useful," and the How To category has since expanded to cover more topics.Gadling: Mahalo on How to Fly With Kids (August 2, 2007)

• Mahalo Follow

  At the Gnomedex conference on August 10, Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis launched the Mahalo Follow Firefox toolbar. With it, users could simultaneously search on Google and see Mahalo results via sidebar.ReadWriteWeb: Mahalo Launches Toolbar - Aims to Convert Google Users (August 10, 2007)

  If Mahalo did not have a search results page for a subject, the sidebar would not pop up.

• Scoble

  On his blog Scobleizer, Robert Scoble stated in an August 26 post that "SEO-resistant technologies" like Mahalo, TechMeme and Facebook would "kick Google’s butt in four years."Scobleizer: Why Mahalo, TechMeme, and Facebook are going to kick Google’s butt in four years (August 26, 2007)

  His comments were met with heavy criticism from skeptics, but a few found "some validity" to his statements.CNET Asia: "Scoble can't be more wrong" (August 29, 2007)

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