Comments on: "Human-powered Search" Paying Humans http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/06/13/human-powered-search-paying-humans/ Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:40:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Phil Gomes http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/06/13/human-powered-search-paying-humans/comment-page-1/#comment-1580 Phil Gomes Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:49:35 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/06/13/human-powered-search-paying-humans/#comment-1580 SEO firms pitch their businesses to me all the time. About two years ago, one guy kept me on the phone FOREVER. While he was talking, I quietly did a search for "search engine optimization" in Google. I had gotten to page 27 and still hadn't found the name of his company. I challenged him on it. "Well," the guy said. "This is a *very* crowded space." "Well," I responded. "Do you know that one of our clients sells BEANS and another one sells DEODORANT!?" (Talk about crowded.) SEO firms pitch their businesses to me all the time.

About two years ago, one guy kept me on the phone FOREVER. While he was talking, I quietly did a search for “search engine optimization” in Google.

I had gotten to page 27 and still hadn’t found the name of his company. I challenged him on it.

“Well,” the guy said. “This is a *very* crowded space.”

“Well,” I responded. “Do you know that one of our clients sells BEANS and another one sells DEODORANT!?”

(Talk about crowded.)

]]> By: tercüme http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/06/13/human-powered-search-paying-humans/comment-page-1/#comment-1579 tercüme Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:20:51 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/06/13/human-powered-search-paying-humans/#comment-1579 There’s no question that the major Internet companies (read Google, Yahoo, Microsoft et al) have not done enough to curb the pollution There’s no question that the major Internet companies (read Google, Yahoo, Microsoft et al) have not done enough to curb the pollution

]]> By: Mahalo and human-powered search at Ghost of Midnight http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/06/13/human-powered-search-paying-humans/comment-page-1/#comment-1578 Mahalo and human-powered search at Ghost of Midnight Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:58:57 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/06/13/human-powered-search-paying-humans/#comment-1578 [...] Dan Gillmor wrote recently… Jason Calacanis, who calls his new venture Mahalo “human-powered search,” says the company will pay freelance searchers a fee for links the site accepts. He says he hopes for hundreds or thousands of people in this part-time capacity. [...] [...] Dan Gillmor wrote recently… Jason Calacanis, who calls his new venture Mahalo “human-powered search,” says the company will pay freelance searchers a fee for links the site accepts. He says he hopes for hundreds or thousands of people in this part-time capacity. [...]

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