Comments on: Social Search – The Race http://jasonball.com/2007/12/05/social-search-the-race/ Technology & Venture Capital. Early stage venture capital news mixed with personal views and comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:08:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Phillip Hofmeyr http://jasonball.com/2007/12/05/social-search-the-race/#comment-276 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:09:32 +0000 http://jasonball.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/social-search-the-race/#comment-276 Hi Jason,

Noticed from the Google experiment page that although they require you to be signed in they are not leveraging the power of the social network. Like you, we think search needs fixing. Rather than focusing on the search algorithm (we’re leaving that to the PHDs), our approach (via collaborative filtering) is to use the opinions of friends in your network and like-minded people to help our users find reliable information. We launch early next year and wondered if you’d be interested in being a beta tester so that you can get a better idea of how it works?

Regards,

Phil Hofmeyr
co-founder
http://www.snagsta.com

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