A little over a month ago I sent out a tweet that essentially said mahalo.com was worthless, had no value, and looked like "content throw up." Well, as you can probably tell, I’ve never really seen the value in Mahalo.com and I’m sure this isn’t what Jason Calacanis (Mahalo’s CEO) wants to hear considering he expects Mahalo.com to have 30%-50% of web searches within 5 years .
So today I read a post at seobook.com about how, according to Google’s definition of spam sites, Mahalo.com should be classified as search engine spam.
Final Notes on Spam When trying to decide if a page is Spam, it is helpful to ask yourself this question: if I remove the scraped (copied) content, the ads, and the links to other pages, is there anything of value left? if the answer is no, the page is probably Spam.
So that led me to think about comparing this Mahalo page on "Best computer speakers" to this average spam scrape...
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Review of the ‘Twhirl’ Twitter ClientFrom: blog.derekville.net
Post Date: 2008-03-28 05:00:37
Twhirl is a relatively new Twitter client that packs just about everything you need for twittering into one Adobe Air based application. While Twhirl of course handles all the basic things you need out of a Twitter client, I feel it really shines when you start using the additional features and usability enhancements.
Some of these features include:
Runs on Windows (200/XP/Vista) and Mac OSX
Ability to connect to multiple Twitter accounts
Ability to simultaneously post to Twi...
more My Mahalo MomentFrom: blog.derekville.net
Post Date: 2008-03-26 09:29:01
So I had my ‘Mahalo moment’ yesterday, but, is it what Jason & Mahalo expect?
For those looking for a good place to get an idea of what Mahalo is good at, here are some pages to get you started that I stumbled across or others suggested. Please add some more links to pages in the comments to help people, like myself, who were completely clueless at what Mahalo was good at or useful for. Good Mahalo links
Social Media
How to Write a Resume
Auschwitz
Phantom of ...
more The Calacanis EffectFrom: blog.derekville.net
Post Date: 2008-03-25 16:23:03
Some people have been wondering how much having Jason Calacanis link to your blog in his twitter feed (twice) and his blog ? Well, some initial numbers from the last 24 hours…
About 70 new Twitter followers. With each of his two tweets directed at me, I instantly gained about 15 new followers, and then the rest scattered in throughout the rest of the day.
910 new visits to my blog with 1.36 pages/visit
The viddler video now has 650+ views from my blog, and another ...
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