42244 2 3 econsultancy_xml <p>The founders of <a href="http://www.irazoo.com/">iRazoo</a> believe that their idea can improve on the quality of results returned by the major search engines. </p> <p>Though it enlists the help of people to improve its results, this is not the same concept as Mahalo, <a href="/blog/1277-calacanis-launches-human-powered-search-engine">the 'human-powered' search engine</a> launched by Jason Calacanis. </p> <p>While <a href="/blog/1350-mahalo-to-pay-for-search-results">Calacanis pays a team of editors</a> to hand-craft search results for its users, iRazoo's approach is to ask users whether or not they recommend a website while searching. </p> <p>When you click on a search result it is displayed in a new window, which some internet users may find annoying. A bar is displayed at the top of the new window, asking whether you recommend the website in question, and also allowing you to leave a comment. </p> <p>Users who login can earn points for each recommendation, to a total of 50 per day. Users can buy prizes with the points they earn, including digital cameras and iPods, though at 58,000 points it will take users a couple of years to get their hands on one. </p> <p> <img alt="http://www.irazoo.com/SearchResults.aspx?q=internet+marketing+news&amp;Page=1" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1180/884348362_f8a433ebbe_o.jpg" /> </p> <p>It will be interesting to see how iRazoo will prevent users from manipulating the search results - I have already managed to get E-consultancy to the top of the page for <a href="http://www.irazoo.com/SearchResults.aspx?q=internet+marketing+news&amp;Page=1">'internet marketing news'</a> by recommending it. </p> <p>It's not a bad attempt, and the results for the search terms I tried were fairly accurate, and idea of having users recommend results will be very helpful if iRazoo can regulate users to prevent too much gaming of the site. </p> <p>On the other hand, the toolbar and opening of a new page for each click on a search result may be enough to put off many users. </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph>The founders of <Link URL="http://www.irazoo.com/" Window="Self">iRazoo</Link> believe that their idea can improve on the quality of results returned by the major search engines. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Though it enlists the help of people to improve its results, this is not the same concept as Mahalo, <Link URL="/blog/1277-calacanis-launches-human-powered-search-engine" Window="Self">the 'human-powered' search engine</Link> launched by Jason Calacanis. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>While <Link URL="/blog/1350-mahalo-to-pay-for-search-results" Window="Self">Calacanis pays a team of editors</Link> to hand-craft search results for its users, iRazoo's approach is to ask users whether or not they recommend a website while searching. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>When you click on a search result it is displayed in a new window, which some internet users may find annoying. A bar is displayed at the top of the new window, asking whether you recommend the website in question, and also allowing you to leave a comment. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Users who login can earn points for each recommendation, to a total of 50 per day. Users can buy prizes with the points they earn, including digital cameras and iPods, though at 58,000 points it will take users a couple of years to get their hands on one. </Paragraph> <Paragraph Align="Center"> <Image AlternateText="http://www.irazoo.com/SearchResults.aspx?q=internet+marketing+news&amp;Page=1" Source="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1180/884348362_f8a433ebbe_o.jpg"> </Image> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>It will be interesting to see how iRazoo will prevent users from manipulating the search results - I have already managed to get E-consultancy to the top of the page for <Link URL="http://www.irazoo.com/SearchResults.aspx?q=internet+marketing+news&amp;Page=1" Window="Self">'internet marketing news'</Link> by recommending it. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>It's not a bad attempt, and the results for the search terms I tried were fairly accurate, and idea of having users recommend results will be very helpful if iRazoo can regulate users to prevent too much gaming of the site. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>On the other hand, the toolbar and opening of a new page for each click on a search result may be enough to put off many users. </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> 2007-07-24T09:49:00+01:00 1 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>A group of US entrepreneurs has launched iRazoo this week, a search engine which uses recommendations from searchers to improve results and rewards them with points. </strong> </p> <p> <img alt="iRazoo" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1386/883186177_80eda70d56_o.jpg" /> </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>A group of US entrepreneurs has launched iRazoo this week, a search engine which uses recommendations from searchers to improve results and rewards them with points. </Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph Align="Center"> <Image AlternateText="iRazoo" Source="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1386/883186177_80eda70d56_o.jpg"> </Image> </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 1543 363863 Search engine iRazoo launches false 2007-07-24T11:44:00+01:00 search-engine-irazoo-launches 2009-04-28T22:54:50+01:00 2009-04-28T22:54:50+01:00 402