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Mahalo = Wikipedia + Google
Posted on May 31, 2008 by Carlo Maglinao
Mahalo, a human-powered search, is tearing down its editorial walls to follow Wikipedia’s model of user generated and edited content. Mahalo has placed some regulations still while in transition, as explained by Jason Calacanis, founder of Mahalo.
…it’s not going to be as freewheeling as Wikipedia day one. We’ve got three major differences:
- You have to register and be logged in to edit a Guide Note. This is a major throttle on people contributing since the signup process takes a couple of minutes and an email address.
- Our staff is going to check every edit made and confirm it is correct. We have three full-time folks on this right now and our expectation is we will only get 10-50 editors per day.
- You can edit your own pages, or a page about your company. Our thinking is since we’re checking all the facts that’s an OK thing to do. (Wikipedia does not let you edit your own page).
Mahalo’s goal is to help users navigate the web quickly with 50% content and 50% curated links.
Filed under: Web Feature | Tagged: Google Search, Mahalo, Mahalo search, Wikipedia
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