Comments on: I Grudgingly Give Props To Jason Calacanis: Mahalo Has Been Doing Great http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2008/02/28/i-grudgingly-give-props-to-jason-calacanis-mahalo-has-been-doing-great/ Thoughts on Web 2.0, Social Media, Marketing. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:10:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Tony Hung http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2008/02/28/i-grudgingly-give-props-to-jason-calacanis-mahalo-has-been-doing-great/comment-page-1/#comment-133598 Tony Hung Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:33:07 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2008/02/28/i-grudgingly-give-props-to-jason-calacanis-mahalo-has-been-doing-great/#comment-133598 @Jason -- well, I know we've had our differences in the past (you may or may not recall the whole thing about "blue collar bloggers" about a year ago ... well, maybe not), but I try and recognize where people have done right. And Mahalo's doing all right. :) Cheers t @ dji @Jason — well, I know we’ve had our differences in the past (you may or may not recall the whole thing about “blue collar bloggers” about a year ago … well, maybe not), but I try and recognize where people have done right.

And Mahalo’s doing all right. :)

Cheers
t @ dji

]]> By: Mahalo: It’s Not What You Do; It’s How You Do It at franticindustries - web 2.0, social networking, IT technology trends. http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2008/02/28/i-grudgingly-give-props-to-jason-calacanis-mahalo-has-been-doing-great/comment-page-1/#comment-133017 Mahalo: It’s Not What You Do; It’s How You Do It at franticindustries - web 2.0, social networking, IT technology trends. Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:44:29 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2008/02/28/i-grudgingly-give-props-to-jason-calacanis-mahalo-has-been-doing-great/#comment-133017 [...] Tony from Deep Jive Interests notices that Mahalo has been doing great according to Compete’s com figures, surpassing, for example, upcoming search engines Quintura and Hakia with ease. [...] [...] Tony from Deep Jive Interests notices that Mahalo has been doing great according to Compete’s com figures, surpassing, for example, upcoming search engines Quintura and Hakia with ease. [...]

]]> By: Jason http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2008/02/28/i-grudgingly-give-props-to-jason-calacanis-mahalo-has-been-doing-great/comment-page-1/#comment-132994 Jason Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:02:54 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2008/02/28/i-grudgingly-give-props-to-jason-calacanis-mahalo-has-been-doing-great/#comment-132994 We're very happy with what we've accomplished in the first nine months. This month we had 30% growth again, so the Compete.com chart (which is accurate for US traffic only) is in line with our internal Google Analytics numbers. Frankly, I appreciate all the skepticism the concept of human-powered search got at the start because it pushed us to finish the "social search" aspects of the site you mention. The social network is the largest percentage growth we have, and I think eventually it will be a large part of what we do and why we're important. At the end of the day it's the role of bloggers to bang on things and give their opinion.... gosh knows I do it! I'm totally fine with folks bashing the idea and kicking the tires. All I really ask is that folks actually use the product. That was the most frustrating part for me so far: people actually attacked the site without using it. If you want to test Mahalo turn on CNN or Fox News and type in a couple of searches that relate to what the top stories are. Or type in a one word product name and compare it to Yahoo, Live.com, or Ask. That's when you can really see human's shine. In another year we'll have 100-200k pages and the service will feel full... that's when I think the public will be able to use it on a regular basis and get a reasonable chance of a result. That's when this will get exciting. Thanks for taking the time to use the site and post this. For bonus points find three people who are NOT Internet savvy and put them in front of Mahalo and ask them what they think... that's when you can see the real magic. Normal folks need Mahalo, even if the WEb 2.0 elite don't (right now). best jason We’re very happy with what we’ve accomplished in the first nine months. This month we had 30% growth again, so the Compete.com chart (which is accurate for US traffic only) is in line with our internal Google Analytics numbers.

Frankly, I appreciate all the skepticism the concept of human-powered search got at the start because it pushed us to finish the “social search” aspects of the site you mention. The social network is the largest percentage growth we have, and I think eventually it will be a large part of what we do and why we’re important.

At the end of the day it’s the role of bloggers to bang on things and give their opinion…. gosh knows I do it! I’m totally fine with folks bashing the idea and kicking the tires. All I really ask is that folks actually use the product. That was the most frustrating part for me so far: people actually attacked the site without using it.

If you want to test Mahalo turn on CNN or Fox News and type in a couple of searches that relate to what the top stories are. Or type in a one word product name and compare it to Yahoo, Live.com, or Ask. That’s when you can really see human’s shine.

In another year we’ll have 100-200k pages and the service will feel full… that’s when I think the public will be able to use it on a regular basis and get a reasonable chance of a result. That’s when this will get exciting.

Thanks for taking the time to use the site and post this. For bonus points find three people who are NOT Internet savvy and put them in front of Mahalo and ask them what they think… that’s when you can see the real magic. Normal folks need Mahalo, even if the WEb 2.0 elite don’t (right now).

best jason

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