Archive for the “Mahalo” category

Finding Mahalo In Them Thar SERPs

by Tony Hung on July 10, 2009

So, I’m not disparaging any company that gets 3M or so uniques per month, but its funny.  I remember that when Mahalo was launched some year(s) ago, in its initial incarnation / hype, I remember someone saying something about building (…)

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I Grudgingly Give Props To Jason Calacanis: Mahalo Has Been Doing Great

by Tony Hung on February 28, 2008

There were a lot of people, who, about a year ago made a lot of noises about how Jason Calacanis‘s next project, wasn’t going to work (me included). Human edited directories will never ride in this day of automated algorithmic (…)

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Branding Matters A Lot For Search Engines … Unless You’re Happy With 1%

by Tony Hung on June 28, 2007

I love studies and I love experiments.  I don’t love reading through piles of boring data — but I like the idea of having an idea, testing it out, and then having something to show for it.  Sure, it might (…)

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Does Spock.com Need a Guy Kawasaki or a Jason Calacanis?

by Tony Hung on June 26, 2007

How important is generating buzz to drive signups for better network effects?

Yahoo! — “Search Is History”. Translation? “We Should Have Bought Facebook When We Had The Chance”

by Tony Hung on June 5, 2007

Yahoo says personalization. I say they mean social networks. I guess they should have made Mark Zuckerberg a better offer.

Speedlinks: Google, RealNetworks, YouTube, Jobs, Gates, and a Would-Be Google Killer

by Tony Hung on June 1, 2007

Lots of things happened. Here’s a quick recap.