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Earn $10 to $15 Per Search

June 17th, 2007

Mahalo is hiring. If you are a librarian and need some extra cash, you may be just what they are looking for. Does this scare the bejeezus out of anyone else?

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4 COmments on “Earn $10 to $15 Per Search”

  1. occy BELGIUM Mac OS X Safari 419.3 Says:
    June 18th, 2007 at 1:59 am

    Sends shivers down my spine …

  2. Angel UNITED STATES Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 Says:
    June 18th, 2007 at 9:04 am

    Not sure why it should be scary. Wikipedia let’s just about any wahoo who can get a log-in edit and put online just about anything. People put lenses on Squidoo on a variety of topics. So, I am not sure how this is any different, other than getting paid. Open to questioning? Sure, just like anything else. Scary? It’s the Internet, what else is new?

    Best, and keep on blogging.

  3. walt crawford UNITED STATES Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 Says:
    June 18th, 2007 at 9:37 am

    I’m with Angel. Another startup wants to pay chump change so that a few thousand searches will yield instantly-out-of-date “hand-picked” results. I’m not sure why this is supposed to work better than the ODP did, other than getting plaudits from A-list bloggers. On the other hand, Google Answers revolutionized the industry (didn’t it?), so what do I know?

  4. Jason Mac OS X Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 Says:
    June 18th, 2007 at 11:44 am

    Walt,

    Thanks for the feedback and I understand being skeptical about the whole “human search/directory” thing. ODP//DMOZ and About.com were very promising and then sort of fell apart.

    However, Mahalo is looking at the space with fresh eyes saying “what can humans do to help search” and the best answer we can come up with is to hand write the top 20% of searches where people are really having a hard time.

    I’d suggest doing a search for Paris Hotels, Toyota Prius, Apple, iphone, pizza, flatpanel TV, etc. on Mahalo and Google/Yahoo/Ask and compare the results.

    You’ll find that our humans, with community feedback, are creating MUCH better results that are spam free.

    Is Mahalo going to take over Google? of course not, that’s not the point. However, we can do a much better job on things like health, products, travel, and entertainment than machine search ever will–and that’s enough to help a lot of people.

    Will it be enough to create a sustainable business? time will tell!

    Also, the fees are not huge, but they are something and you can donate them to Wikipedia if you don’t want the fee…. which i think is a win-win-win.

    Mahalo for the feedback!
    best,

    jason