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Do you ever think that maybe Mahalo isn't working out and perhaps it is time to give it another go with a different product? It's good to evolve but at some poi

Do you ever think that maybe Mahalo isn't working out and perhaps it is time to give it another go with a different product? It's good to evolve but at some point, throw in the towel. I'd say the same for Seesmic. It's admirable, but at some point after many reinventions, you've just got to step back and examine honestly if you're wasting talent and time on a losing ticket. There's very little about Mahalo that makes it attractive other than the great design. When does anyone say to themselves "Hrm I bet Mahalo has this information" or "I should check Mahalo.com." However if you do plan to stick it out until you're bankrupt you might want to think about employing librarians. Helping resolving information needs is what they are best at.

jasonmcalacanis 16y ago
Well, did you watch my talk about pivoting from DLD? In that talk I outline how Mahalo's human-powered search vision got us to the top 400 sites, but that it wasn't growing and the users wanted more how to/instructional content. We iterated, and mahalo is a top 200 site that also gets 1M+ views a day on YouTube. yes, 365M views of our 23k videos every year. I do think your question "i should check Mahalo" is an EXCELLENT one. Human-powered search doesn't have that draw, but I think free instructional videos will. If you wanted to speak Russian or make perfect grilled cheese or solve a video game you would do well to come to Mahalo.com. Direct traffic is the real test of a sites worth... and we're very focused on growing that with high-quality instruction. We have tons of money and tons of revenue... we can't go bankrupt if we can easily make a profit can we? :-) Talk to me in one year and we'll be in the top 100 sites and have 100M+ views a month on YouTube. :-)
- btipling 16y ago
  That sounds pretty positive actually. I'm glad that it's working out for you. My impression was looming disaster, I was wrong. :P

jasonmcalacanis 16y ago

Well, did you watch my talk about pivoting from DLD? In that talk I outline how Mahalo's human-powered search vision got us to the top 400 sites, but that it wasn't growing and the users wanted more how to/instructional content. We iterated, and mahalo is a top 200 site that also gets 1M+ views a day on YouTube. yes, 365M views of our 23k videos every year. I do think your question "i should check Mahalo" is an EXCELLENT one. Human-powered search doesn't have that draw, but I think free instructional videos will. If you wanted to speak Russian or make perfect grilled cheese or solve a video game you would do well to come to Mahalo.com. Direct traffic is the real test of a sites worth... and we're very focused on growing that with high-quality instruction. We have tons of money and tons of revenue... we can't go bankrupt if we can easily make a profit can we? :-) Talk to me in one year and we'll be in the top 100 sites and have 100M+ views a month on YouTube. :-)

btipling 16y ago
That sounds pretty positive actually. I'm glad that it's working out for you. My impression was looming disaster, I was wrong. :P