Comments on: Kosmix Adds Rocketfuel to Power Voyage of Exploration

By: Anand Rajaraman

Anand Rajaraman — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:41:46 +0000

@Brian: Yes, Kosmix does gather information from a variety of other services. The challenge is, we know about many thousands of these services; and we cannot call all of them for ever single query — that would make the people who run those services really unhappy! Our algorithms help us figure out sources for call for each query, and then how to lay out the resulting information.

See how each example query in the post above brings up information from very different sources. Imagine if we showed hotel listings for Hillary Clinton — that wouldn’t be very helpful.

By: Brian Reavis

Brian Reavis — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:24:24 +0000

@Chris: Yeah, I have. Kosmix is just a better-marketed aggregator. And really, relevance of the information presented on the topic pages has nothing to do with Kosmix; they have built it on top of other services API’s that provide the relevant content. It’s a bit ignorant to proclaim “go where no search engine has gone before!” by simply aggregating content from some popular Web 2.0 services and presenting it on a single page. It’s relying on others for its “smarts”. Kosmix’s claim to fame is its ability to relate topics, not content. The ability to relate topics is really not the big dilemma in the market today.

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By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:30:26 +0000

Brian, have you compared Kosmix and Yahoo Glue side-by-side. I think you will find that Kosmix is far superior in its robustness, UI, and relevance

By: Invotech Engineer

Invotech Engineer — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:11:29 +0000

Well, just after a few search, that was resulting in only Google results, I posted in your another blog. But after searching more or EXPLORING more I’m now convinced with your work. I guess your indexing has to be increased and that’s just a matter of time. Good explorer I must say. As a search maniac I would love to contribute to you in future !!!

By: Pradeep

Pradeep — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:58:45 +0000

Hi ,

Great to hear some fresh idea in search market that Kosmix has come up rather than walking the same repeatedly beaten track of “Search and find”. Kudos!!!!!

I am Pradeep , working in India . I am very interested to be part of Kosmix team. Is it possible to apply to Kosmix from here.

Thanks
Pradeep

By: Saurav Mukherjee

Saurav Mukherjee — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:27:05 +0000

My best wishes are with the Kosmix team. I would wait for the launch of the product. I hope your product really has the force to take on the BULL by the HORN – Google!

I am a marketing professional who is attempting to make many million bucks by promoting the brand that I work for on the web. Needless to say, Google is the best bet today and I wish there are better options available at cheaper costs. Aha! there goes the rider – ‘cheaper costs’. Kosmix, are you listening?

Cheers
Saurav

By: Meredith Han

Meredith Han — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:08:19 +0000

Fantastic news – congrats guys!

By: Venkat

Venkat — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:55:06 +0000

Hi Folks,
I just learnt about Kosmix today and am exploring must say, have been impressed thus far with the premise of explore v/s search.

Good luck and keep exploring..
Venkat

By: SAJI SAMUEL

SAJI SAMUEL — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:37:59 +0000

I am extremely happy to know about your success.
Wishing you more successful lead.
Regards,
SAJI