Comments on: ChaCha, a people guided search engine http://www.benh.org/techblog/2007/03/chacha-a-people-guided-search-engine/ web 2.0, tools, software reviews, tweaks and latest technology Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:42:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: benedict herold http://www.benh.org/techblog/2007/03/chacha-a-people-guided-search-engine/#comment-705 benedict herold Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:05:17 +0000 http://www.benh.org/techblog/2007/03/chacha-a-people-guided-search-engine/#comment-705 Thanks Dean... Hope you had tried ChaCha guided search by now... Thanks Dean… Hope you had tried ChaCha guided search by now…

]]> By: Dean http://www.benh.org/techblog/2007/03/chacha-a-people-guided-search-engine/#comment-704 Dean Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:59:02 +0000 http://www.benh.org/techblog/2007/03/chacha-a-people-guided-search-engine/#comment-704 Great site. Interesting post about ChaCha, since I hadn't heard about it until now. Great site. Interesting post about ChaCha, since I hadn’t heard about it until now.

]]> By: benedict herold http://www.benh.org/techblog/2007/03/chacha-a-people-guided-search-engine/#comment-682 benedict herold Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:53:32 +0000 http://www.benh.org/techblog/2007/03/chacha-a-people-guided-search-engine/#comment-682 Another social site is on the way :) Hope it should be better than ChaCha.. Another social site is on the way :) Hope it should be better than ChaCha..

]]> By: Thilak http://www.benh.org/techblog/2007/03/chacha-a-people-guided-search-engine/#comment-676 Thilak Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:23:14 +0000 http://www.benh.org/techblog/2007/03/chacha-a-people-guided-search-engine/#comment-676 From what I've heard from Jimmy Wales, Wikia Search would be human editable, which means.. search results could be given thumbs up or thumbs down (or probably something like that) From what I’ve heard from Jimmy Wales, Wikia Search would be human editable, which means.. search results could be given thumbs up or thumbs down (or probably something like that)

]]> By: benedict herold http://www.benh.org/techblog/2007/03/chacha-a-people-guided-search-engine/#comment-675 benedict herold Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:03:43 +0000 http://www.benh.org/techblog/2007/03/chacha-a-people-guided-search-engine/#comment-675 @Thilak, I guess Wikia will go in different path... in ChaCha search is not human powered they are just human guided... human powered will end up something like dmoz.org. I'm not sure how they are gonna achieve that..!! I was not aware of the podcast with Jimmy.. :( @Saran, Thanks for comments. It can't be a rival but it will lead in another spectrum... @Thilak,
I guess Wikia will go in different path… in ChaCha search is not human powered they are just human guided… human powered will end up something like dmoz.org. I’m not sure how they are gonna achieve that..!! I was not aware of the podcast with Jimmy.. :(

@Saran,
Thanks for comments. It can’t be a rival but it will lead in another spectrum…

]]> By: saran http://www.benh.org/techblog/2007/03/chacha-a-people-guided-search-engine/#comment-668 saran Sun, 11 Mar 2007 13:56:27 +0000 http://www.benh.org/techblog/2007/03/chacha-a-people-guided-search-engine/#comment-668 Hey Benedict, thanks for the review, especially your suggestion to improve chacha is good analysis. I don’t know it can be rival to Google.. Kind rgrds Saran Hey Benedict, thanks for the review, especially your suggestion to improve chacha is good analysis. I don’t know it can be rival to Google..

Kind rgrds
Saran

]]> By: Thilak http://www.benh.org/techblog/2007/03/chacha-a-people-guided-search-engine/#comment-659 Thilak Sun, 11 Mar 2007 04:01:26 +0000 http://www.benh.org/techblog/2007/03/chacha-a-people-guided-search-engine/#comment-659 Yeah, when I was at WikiCamp, Jimmy stressed upon the fact that Wiki Search is human powered and the algorithm is completely transparent. Will you join the interactive Podcast with Jimmy ? Yeah, when I was at WikiCamp, Jimmy stressed upon the fact that Wiki Search is human powered and the algorithm is completely transparent. Will you join the interactive Podcast with Jimmy ?

]]> By: benedict herold http://www.benh.org/techblog/2007/03/chacha-a-people-guided-search-engine/#comment-646 benedict herold Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:42:09 +0000 http://www.benh.org/techblog/2007/03/chacha-a-people-guided-search-engine/#comment-646 Still Google can't be beaten.I have noticed few ChaCha search guides are using Google for their searches :-) May be Wikia should come up with some other plans... you got any idea what their plan was all about? Still Google can’t be beaten.I have noticed few ChaCha search guides are using Google for their searches :-)

May be Wikia should come up with some other plans… you got any idea what their plan was all about?

]]> By: Thilak http://www.benh.org/techblog/2007/03/chacha-a-people-guided-search-engine/#comment-612 Thilak Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:20:21 +0000 http://www.benh.org/techblog/2007/03/chacha-a-people-guided-search-engine/#comment-612 Wikia is planning a similar attack on Google, When I was away for WikiCamp.. I was told this by Jimmy Wikia is planning a similar attack on Google, When I was away for WikiCamp.. I was told this by Jimmy

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