42244 0 3 econsultancy_xml <p> <a href="http://www.mahalo.com/Main_Page">Mahalo</a> currently has 4,000 search terms covered, and says its team of 40 editors are currently producing 500 new search terms a week, with the target being 10,000 results. </p> <p>To speed up the process, <a href="http://greenhouse.mahalo.com/Mahalo_Greenhouse_FAQ">Calacanis is offering to pay between $10 and $15 </a>for each search result that is added to Mahalo. He is looking for part time guides with experience of Wikipedia and other social media sites. </p> <p>Calacanis announced the news at the New Media Knowledge Forum yesterday, where he also had a few words to say about what he called the "<em>absurdity"</em> that is SEO. </p> <p>He <a href="http://techdigest.tv/2007/06/nmk_forum_2007_1.html">told the forum</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p> <em>"A company could spend $10,000 making its site more visible to search engines, and making it work better for machines. But wouldn't it be better to spend $10,000 on making that website better for people? SEO is a complete waste of time - just snake oil salesmen in cheap suits."</em> </p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Further reading:</strong> <br /> <a href="/blog/1277-calacanis-launches-human-powered-search-engine">Calacanis launches human-powered search engine</a> </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://www.mahalo.com/Main_Page" Window="New">Mahalo</Link> currently has 4,000 search terms covered, and says its team of 40 editors are currently producing 500 new search terms a week, with the target being 10,000 results. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>To speed up the process, <Link URL="http://greenhouse.mahalo.com/Mahalo_Greenhouse_FAQ" Window="New">Calacanis is offering to pay between $10 and $15 </Link>for each search result that is added to Mahalo. He is looking for part time guides with experience of Wikipedia and other social media sites. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Calacanis announced the news at the New Media Knowledge Forum yesterday, where he also had a few words to say about what he called the "<Quote>absurdity"</Quote> that is SEO. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>He <Link URL="http://techdigest.tv/2007/06/nmk_forum_2007_1.html" Window="New">told the forum</Link>:</Paragraph> <Block> <Paragraph> <Quote>"A company could spend $10,000 making its site more visible to search engines, and making it work better for machines. But wouldn't it be better to spend $10,000 on making that website better for people? SEO is a complete waste of time - just snake oil salesmen in cheap suits."</Quote> </Paragraph> </Block> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Further reading:</Emphasis> <LineBreak /> <Link URL="/blog/1277-calacanis-launches-human-powered-search-engine" Window="New">Calacanis launches human-powered search engine</Link> </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> 2007-06-14T12:46:00+01:00 0 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>Mahalo, the human-edited search engine founded by Jason Calacanis, is asking for part time guides to help produce its search results.</strong> </p> <p>The search engine, which launched in alpha last month, aims to better Google's by having a team of editors filter out spam and irrelevant content and handcraft its results. </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Mahalo, the human-edited search engine founded by Jason Calacanis, is asking for part time guides to help produce its search results.</Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>The search engine, which launched in alpha last month, aims to better Google's by having a team of editors filter out spam and irrelevant content and handcraft its results. </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 1350 363564 Mahalo to pay for search results false 2007-06-14T15:47:00+01:00 mahalo-to-pay-for-search-results 2009-04-28T22:51:38+01:00 2009-04-28T22:51:38+01:00 371