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This is a piece I wrote for the Google Docs blog http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2008...
Atul Arora, Ankit Duseja, Ram and 2 other people liked this
Well written and informative as usual, Amit! Congrats!
- Kevin C. Tofel
Nice info man! & congrats! seems like you are a guest Googler now! ;)
- Ankit Duseja
Mahalo.com Being bought by MS??
Chris Heuer, Mark Douglass, sean percival and 17 other people liked this
What? No.....
- Pat Hawks
are you sure??
- Fred Grott
MS will not get Yahoo and they need some search winner, why not Mahalo.com?
- Fred Grott
Heard something similar, but it was TimeWarner
- Ken Sheppardson
Microsoft trying to buy Mahalo would make sense but, I doubt it's true. I haven't heard anything close to that.
- Candace
lets see does Jason have a recent to valley trip planned?
- Fred Grott
Wait a second, Microsoft just bought Powerset. Why would they go and buy yet another search engine when they just acquired one?
- Candace
link to source?
- Matthew Wayne Selznick
@CandaceHolly because microsoft is confused over what they are? at least that is what the internet would have you believe :D
- The Geek Media
Will it be MSN Mahalo or Windows Live Mahalo? :)
- Morton Fox
I think this might have contributed to the rumors: http://scobleizer.com/2008...
- Robert Scoble
yeh right!!!
- Jeremy
request for source generates sound of crickets chirping
- Matthew Wayne Selznick
@Matthew - A google shows no sources at all. I think it was more an open ended question backed by a reason that we're not aware of yet.
- Candace
As If !!!! But microsoft is on a spending spree when it comes to search engines, remember? And there was that indicator from Scobles interview linked above, remember?
- Roberto Bonini
weird how jason isn't in on this discussion!
- Gavin
But notice that Robert Scoble is
- Fred Grott
I just Twittered Jason, but I don't expect him to comment. Most CEOs won't comment on rumors unless they are true, and even then, they usually comment on their own schedules, not someone else's.
- Robert Scoble
That said, if Microsoft bought Mahalo and Powerset that'd be the first signs of a search strategy inside Microsoft in years. It'd be smart to do.
- Robert Scoble
Where is jason when you need him
- Akshay Dodeja
This simple FF question is going to snowball into a blogging rumor mill within 12 hours. I'll bet money on it.
- Candace
I heard it was Pfizer or Nabisco
- MG Siegler
Hum, I guest Stevie is anxious to buy anything and everything that is associated with the word "search"
- Shane
Maybe someone should set up a Rumor Mill room on FriendFeed.
- Mike Doeff
It's on the Internet so it must be true.
- Charles Barthold
Powerset is shown to work great on factual, structured data. Why wouldn't Mahalo with its human editors and coordination + Powerset be an excellent combination?
- Mattie
I hope it's true, Jason congrats if it is!
- E.B.
guys be serious a minute, if MS want to buy technology (cuill?) not grotto-workers
- Virtualgoodz
it would make sense and would be inline with this: http://www.techcrunchit.com/2008...
- Nik Cubrilovic
i don't know any reporter who would run this as a post, unless they're shooting it down as an example of an unfounded rumor. we'll see who writes a post entitled something like "Rumor: Is MS buying Mahalo?" personally, i've run stories that i've doubted, but i've always had more to go on than this, and i very heavily qualify myself. if anyone here wants to write a rumor-mill post on this, be my guest -- but you'll experience the backlash that causes reporters to not run such unfounded stories. geez.
- Eric Eldon
@ Mike Doeff: Done- http://friendfeed.com/rooms... . @Robert Scoble - think wider: Live Search + Yahoo + Powerset + Mahalo = very compelling search offering.
- Roberto Bonini
Grotto-workers?
- Lon Harris
from twhirl
Who says a reporter would cover it? I said bloggers. Big difference considering the majority of bloggers aren't journalists. As far as this rumor..first, we've had zero source to go on. Second, not one word from the person who would know for sure. I chock it up to a rumor but..I think this rumor is about to get fun.
- Candace
@Candace - A rumor that makes sense!!!
- Roberto Bonini
@Roberto - a rumor that makes sense is still a rumor. Though this would be a great experiment. How much of a buzz could a rumor on friend feed start? Hmmm...
- Candace
ok sure, this is a fun conversation. i can think of some other ones, too, like this http://digg.com/comedy...
- Eric Eldon
If Mahalo is snapped up by Microsoft for some undisclosed fee, it will be a clear signal that Microsoft is on the warpath. Startups everywhere, beware!!!
- Roberto Bonini
At least GOOG would have access to the Vatican Library. That'd go a long way towards their goal of organising the worlds information.
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
Seems a bit crazy...
- Alex Barredo
@ Alex: Ain't nothing too crazy to be true.
- Roberto Bonini
@Jason Shultz. At least I'd be able to do Google searches to learn what's really inside of the Vatican Library, instead of relying on Dan Brown novels.
- Eric Eldon
he was on Leo's TWiT last night....
- Tanya
seems like it would be a smart move by MS, hedging bets on the future of search by investing in a variety of areas, which is more than google has done recently
- craig
No comment.
- Jason Calacanis
Three more Tesla's for Calacanis... lol
- John Denver
no comment means yes. If there were no discussions then calacanis wouldve just said no. Gotcha Jason:)
- Grant
or "no comment" means come visit Mahalo... driving traffic
- Adam Hansen
very curious indeed. i'll see if i can get the inside scoop....
- mike fabio
I can't believe there's this much discussion on this without any comment from anybody. Incredible.
- Charlie Anzman
I can't believe people still think Mahalo is a search engine. Jeez, it's a wiki/directory with a search feature. Edit: and lately, it's been more of a current news/blog than anything else.
- Paul Short
life is grand...
- fijidaddy
The other night I actually was pondering this very acquisition idea. Though I've never really used Mahalo for anything, I enjoy Calacanis and Mahalo Daily. Is it search, wiki or news?
- THX152
and the train has left the station... the comments, rumors are flying at "friendfeed" speed.
- michael sean wright
=D
- sean percival
THIS TIME Jason is ALSO going to take the money.
- Rob Sterling
/me envisions Mahalo Live! lulz
- rob friedman
Unlike. Fake rumor. See >>> http://www.parislemon.com/2008...
- Mike Reynolds
What does it mean when Scobleizer is not on the TechMeme leaderboard... at all? http://www.techmeme.com/lb
adam christensen, Igor Poltavskiy, Bryan Landers and 17 other people liked this
sanity?
- Fred Grott
Maybe he's spending more time on FF and other social apps then blogging? Making videos? Spending time with family? Just a couple guesses.
- Larry Kless
from twhirl
nothing...
- Josue Salazar
FriendFeed
- Bwana ☠
nothing. it's only one measure of influence and I see Robert on TechMeme fairly often.
- Alex Hammer
Think that means he's carrying the water, conversation wise, for a lot of bloggers.
- Christian Anderson
from fftogo
That it is the 4th of July?
- Mark Dykeman
the end of the blogosphere as we know it
- Steven Hodson
Is it possible to transcend the A List? Perhaps he's now on a higher plane of existence, blogging wise.
- Todd McKinney
It means he is spending more time here, Qik, FastCompany.tv and on Twitter.
- Steve Rubel
Blogging is so 2007? I agree with S Rubel.
- Russellreno
Gabe's tweaking ?? :)
- Charlie Anzman
@Steve. Totally agree.
- Dave Martin
It means his style of blogging has changed - he in many ways *is* the blog - the things he does and uses are the technologies to watch.
- Jesse Stay
Apocalypse?
- Andy Wibbels
The enormously famous and powerful don't blog. What percent of Davos alumni blog? It's not how they manage their reputations and celebrity.
- Phil Wolff
from Alert Thingy
that means FastCompany.tv became one of permanent sponsors - open your eyes
- A.T.
Louis - on an unrelated note, I am looking forward to see your athleticsnation.com rank on ballbug's leaderboard.
- Atul Arora
Atul, AthleticsNation is run by Tyler Bleszinski. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... (I am just there to help)
- Louis Gray
It means I haven't been playing the game lately. I've been doing crappy blogging and spending almost all of my extra time on FriendFeed.
- Robert Scoble
It also is interesting that we went to Washington DC, got some remarkable interviews, none of which have been on Techmeme yet. But here on FriendFeed they got lots of praise and discussion going. I could get on Techmeme, though, by writing something idiotic with some sensationalist headline that would get lots of bloggers to link to it.
- Robert Scoble
I ONLY bring this up because Robert mentioned DC...but yeah...I mean hell, you could have sat down and done an entire interview - bringing your community's questions to people really in charge in DC from reps to senators to oh, heck, I don't know... Presidential candidates...and I bet ya techmeme wouldn't notice. Of course they'd be ALL OVER 'written' responses to other blogs. But some big old video exclusive...yeah, they would ignore that. ....lol.
- Erin @queenofspain
Bjorn: you might be surprised. Companies want to get close to early adopters. Companies are sponsoring our shows not because we have large audiences but because we have early adopters and influencers. Of course FastCompany.tv is advertising on Techmeme, but mostly that's just me rewarding Gabe for adding a lot of value to my life over past few years.
- Robert Scoble
"I could get on Techmeme, though, by writing something idiotic with some sensationalist headline that would get lots of bloggers to link to it." Scoble, you've hit the nail on the head. Life's too short for that.
- Duncan Riley
I wrote my thoughts up here: http://scobleizer.com/2008...
- Robert Scoble
the end is here...;)
- Jeremiah Owyang
I'm not really getting Roberts comments (and Duncan's either). Are you saying that it's not the Techmeme isn't linking to you, it's that you don't care about Techmeme? That before, you were creating content to specifically self-promote via that channel, but now you are getting paid for media that is based on early adopters and influencers and your personal brand marketing strategies have changed? Just wondering.
- leigh himel
Leigh: the #1 way to get onto TechMeme is to talk about what's already on TechMeme. Note that my "waiting in line for iPhone is glorious" article is already at the top of TechMeme. How did that happen? I saw a headline on Techmeme, and wrote about it, but added something new. Those get onto Techmeme a LOT easier than some original thought that brings more value. So, if I stop reading Techmeme, or caring about it, yes, that TOTALLY makes it less likely I'll get onto it.
- Robert Scoble
Being linked to a meme headline doesn't count in the leader board standings. So sure it would get you onto Techmeme but wouldn't affect your top 100 position.
- leigh himel
He's back on the list #98.
- Steve Rubel
As result - TechMeme's stagnation http://www.google.com/trends...
- Igor Poltavskiy
just posted - "Identi.ca: May a Million Twitters Bloom" http://is.gd/KAp
Martin Dufort, MG Siegler, Tim Cooper and Ram liked this
Indenti.ca. How did they come up with something so catchy?
- richrecruiter
call me a sad b**tard, but I'm gonna go sign up now. I get all weak at the knees when I hear Open Source. OMG I'm turning into [horror] an early adopter
- john conroy
oh wait--you can sign in with OpenID? better again
- john conroy
FriendFeed needs to support identi.ca feeds (in a useful way)
- Fabian Neumann
Look Out Twhirl, Alert Thingy Adds Twitter Support - http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r...
Yaniv Golan, Kate Mag, Karthik Kastury and 36 other people liked this
I'm loving the newest alert thingy version.... this is niiiiiiice ...via AlertThingy
- Bob
I agree. Although I wouldn't mind if it added Facebook status updates. Maybe a redux Mini-feed if you're pushing it :P ...via AlertThingy
- CannonGod
Love Alert Thngy even more now. Just have to get AIR alpha to work on my Linux system now :-(. Getting spoiled by this Mac. ...via AlertThingy
- Tony
Blogit is the new AlertThingy. ...via AlertThingy
- Dan
I am just testing it since today but I am liking it. However, I think it could use some filters (per source, with comments, etc.) ...via AlertThingy
- Andrés David Aparicio
alertthingy is not as polished as twhirl yet, but it's getting there. And yes, they could definitely merge, I wouldn't mind. ...via AlertThingy
- Stan Schroeder
Still buggy, but has great potential. I also love the regular daily updates. ...via AlertThingy
- Joshua Kerr
Social Thing has nice FB integration. Would love that via FriendFeed and Alert Thingy. ...via AlertThingy
- David Smith
I like Alert Thingy better than Twhirl for what it is worth. ...via AlertThingy
- David Evans
I'm loving AlertThingy. The Twitter thing is great! Just wish they'd get rid of the "via AlertThingy" signature at the end. I'd even pay for a premium version. ...via AlertThingy
- Brandon Titus
Totally in love with Alert Thingy! ...via AlertThingy
- Daniel Spradau
Twirls fights back!
- Daniel Spradau
Commenting on this post, via Twhirl, now with FriendFeed support! Yeah! ...via twhirl
- Michel Bechelani
Twhirl has upped the ante this morning with 0.7.9 though! ...via twhirl
- Tris Hussey
I am confused... ...via AlertThingy
- David Kaspar
Yeah I noticed that Twhirl added FriendFeed support to stay in the game. I tried it but like AlertThingy better. Neither are as good as they can be but AlertThingy has the better implementation in my opinion. ...via AlertThingy
- Rolf Schewe
I think it looks a lot better than Alert Thingy, I do really want it to be integrated into the Twitter window though ...via twhirl
- William Spaetzel
So far I think Twhirl is doing it better. Integrating the windows will be almost the final step. After that, filter the FF tweets so I dont see dupes. ...via twhirl
- Soulhuntre
I just downloaded the new Twhril with FriendFeed support ...via twhirl
- Mike Wills
To me the lack of integration is the problem. Neither are as good a twitter client (for just twitter) as Google Talk. The real-time updates squashes any features these other cleints have. I use Google Talk as my main twitter interface with AlertThingy on the side to track my and other people's social content. At this point the layout of AlertThingy is a little nicer. ...via AlertThingy
- Rolf Schewe
Air on LInux: http://labs.adobe.com/downloa...
- Arnaud Fischer
Seems to me AlertThingy is in the lead, and Twhirl is trying to keep up. I like Twirls Twitter features and AlertThingy's friendfeed features, ummm.... ...via AlertThingy
- Ashley Williams
still prefer twhirl. As soon as they can integrate into one window I'm removing AT ...via twhirl
- Ryan
They are both lacking. Until I can either integrate all my follows into FF or filter my Tweeple from FF neither will be perfect. I think that the twhirl team will get there faster as Loic has more resouces. Who knows maybe @snookca will intgrate FF with snitter? ...via twhirl
- Jay Gilmore
Twirl still has my vote
- Charlie Anzman
Just bvecause you can tweet doen't mean you can read your tweets. this is a non-event. ...via AlertThingy
- Matthew
Twhirl is still better i think. ...via twhirl
- Tina K.J
Why can't we get rid of these via "...." messages. That's the killer for me. I don't care what client someone is using and it's just a distraction. Really not much advertising benefit either.
- Brandon Titus
I agree. I still need to have Twirl for Twitter to be useful at all. ...via AlertThingy
- Ainsworth Boyle
I don't know: I'm liking the possibilities of AThingy; less resource-intense than Twirl. ...via AlertThingy
- Chris Judson
Brandon, the "via .." thing has been fixed. The clients need to update to use it. Check out a preview of how it's going to work here: http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Bwana ☠
i am running the latest version. let's see if the "via.." is fixed. ...via AlertThingy
- Anand Sharma
testing yet again... ...via AlertThingy
- Anand Sharma
Nope, it's not fixed. I mean, the "via AlertThingy" ...via AlertThingy
- Anand Sharma
Still needs better grouping like the website
- Ryan
Woot! ...via AlertThingy
- Tyler (Chacha)
I want friendfeed to have a friendfeed bot like twitter@twitter.com ....
- alfred westerveld
JS-Kit Score: Turn Your Site into a Localized Digg - ReadWriteWeb - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
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