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		<title>By: 生命保険見直し情報</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-1389048</link>
		<dc:creator>生命保険見直し情報</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 15:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;生命保険の見直しで節約...&lt;/strong&gt;

生命保険を長く払い続けていませんか。
定期的に生命保険の見直し
をしておかないと損をしてしまいます。
3年〜5年に1度ぐらいは生命保険見直しが必要です。
資金準備を目的として...</description>
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<p>生命保険を長く払い続けていませんか。<br />
定期的に生命保険の見直し<br />
をしておかないと損をしてしまいます。<br />
3年〜5年に1度ぐらいは生命保険見直しが必要です。<br />
資金準備を目的として&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: P. Motwane</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-233601</link>
		<dc:creator>P. Motwane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In India, vertical niches in the classifieds segment such as Shaadi.com, Bharatmatrimony.com, Jeevansaathi.com, Naukri.com, ClickJobs.com etc. are flourishing. The more generic classifieds sites are now also hotting up. The latest addition is India's answer to Craigslist and Oodle- Khichdee.com

Khichdee is a famous Indian delicacy, containing a combination of various pulses, spices and curries. Khichdee.com is, in a way, a mixture of classifieds that have already been published either online or offline. These classifieds have been re-organized and parameterized into categories and are presented to viewers in an easy-to-search format.

For ages now, classifieds have been successfully used by the world, for announcing their intentions to buy or sell a commodity or service. Local newspapers have always thrived on this service of classified listings and many have survived and grown on the revenues generated by classifieds.

In the past few years, classifieds have gone online and have outperformed the local newspapers. More and more people are now putting up their goods / services for sale on on-line classifieds. An increasing number of buyers are now looking for products and services online rather than browsing through a set of local news publications, owing to the fact that online search is faster and has the natural advantages of database querying.

Khichdee.com attempts to take this phenomenon, one step further. With khichdee.com, the attempt is to bring all the classifieds that are published on-line or offline at one place. So as a buyer, you get the entire set of classifieds published online for your preferred product or service in your preferred city, at one place. This reduces the bother of browsing and navigating through a large number of websites, newspapers and magazines. As a seller, you get probably, the largest number of buyers interested in your product or service not just from your city, but from across the globe. As a publisher of online classifieds, you get added traffic because Khichdee also publishes the URL where the ad appeared originally.

http://www.khichdee.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In India, vertical niches in the classifieds segment such as Shaadi.com, Bharatmatrimony.com, Jeevansaathi.com, Naukri.com, ClickJobs.com etc. are flourishing. The more generic classifieds sites are now also hotting up. The latest addition is India&#8217;s answer to Craigslist and Oodle- Khichdee.com</p>
<p>Khichdee is a famous Indian delicacy, containing a combination of various pulses, spices and curries. Khichdee.com is, in a way, a mixture of classifieds that have already been published either online or offline. These classifieds have been re-organized and parameterized into categories and are presented to viewers in an easy-to-search format.</p>
<p>For ages now, classifieds have been successfully used by the world, for announcing their intentions to buy or sell a commodity or service. Local newspapers have always thrived on this service of classified listings and many have survived and grown on the revenues generated by classifieds.</p>
<p>In the past few years, classifieds have gone online and have outperformed the local newspapers. More and more people are now putting up their goods / services for sale on on-line classifieds. An increasing number of buyers are now looking for products and services online rather than browsing through a set of local news publications, owing to the fact that online search is faster and has the natural advantages of database querying.</p>
<p>Khichdee.com attempts to take this phenomenon, one step further. With khichdee.com, the attempt is to bring all the classifieds that are published on-line or offline at one place. So as a buyer, you get the entire set of classifieds published online for your preferred product or service in your preferred city, at one place. This reduces the bother of browsing and navigating through a large number of websites, newspapers and magazines. As a seller, you get probably, the largest number of buyers interested in your product or service not just from your city, but from across the globe. As a publisher of online classifieds, you get added traffic because Khichdee also publishes the URL where the ad appeared originally.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.khichdee.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.khichdee.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Mr.Albert Sambo.</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-198648</link>
		<dc:creator>Mr.Albert Sambo.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2006 06:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From:Mr.Albert Sambo.
7th Floor, Kamkholo Bld,
Cnr. Brown and 
Voortrekker Str,
Nelspruit 1200 Johannesburg,
South Africa.

         {MONEY TRANSACTION}
        {THIRTY SIX MILLION USD} 
     (RE: TRANSFER OF ($ 36,000,000.USD
{BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY/YOUR ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED}

My name is Mr.Albert Sambo.and I work in the International operation department in a Local Bank here in South Africa On a routine inspection ,I discovered a dormant domiciliary account 
with a BAL Of 36,000,000 (Thirty Six Million USD) on furtherdiscreet investigation I also discovered that the account holder has long since passed away (dead)leaving no beneficiary to the accountThe bank will approve this money to any foreigner because the former operator of the 
a/cis a foreigner and from Iraq in particular and I am certainly sure that he is dead and nobody willcome again for the claim of this money A foreigner can only claim this money with legal claims to the account Holder therefore I need your cooperation in this transaction.

I will provide the necessary information needed in order to claim this money, 
But you will need to open an account where this can be transferred.If you are interested send me your private Telephone No And Fax number including the full details of the account to be
used for the Deposit. I wish for utmost confidentiality in handling this transaction as my job 
and the future of my family would be jeopardized if it were breached The information will be as
follows-------------------

Bank Name...... 
Bank Address.....
Account Name....... 
Account Number.......
Routing Number......... 
Swife Code...............
State Country.................... 

And i am assuring you that the transaction is risk free hence we are going to follow the  normal transfer process .Finally a 25% of the total fund will be given to you for your steadfast corporation.

I look forward to a favorable response from you as soon as possible.Thank's for your maximum co-operation and remain blessed.

Best Regards,
Mr.Albert Sambo.


[141940za@myway.com]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From:Mr.Albert Sambo.<br />
7th Floor, Kamkholo Bld,<br />
Cnr. Brown and<br />
Voortrekker Str,<br />
Nelspruit 1200 Johannesburg,<br />
South Africa.</p>
<p>         {MONEY TRANSACTION}<br />
        {THIRTY SIX MILLION USD}<br />
     (RE: TRANSFER OF ($ 36,000,000.USD<br />
{BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY/YOUR ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED}</p>
<p>My name is Mr.Albert Sambo.and I work in the International operation department in a Local Bank here in South Africa On a routine inspection ,I discovered a dormant domiciliary account<br />
with a BAL Of 36,000,000 (Thirty Six Million USD) on furtherdiscreet investigation I also discovered that the account holder has long since passed away (dead)leaving no beneficiary to the accountThe bank will approve this money to any foreigner because the former operator of the<br />
a/cis a foreigner and from Iraq in particular and I am certainly sure that he is dead and nobody willcome again for the claim of this money A foreigner can only claim this money with legal claims to the account Holder therefore I need your cooperation in this transaction.</p>
<p>I will provide the necessary information needed in order to claim this money,<br />
But you will need to open an account where this can be transferred.If you are interested send me your private Telephone No And Fax number including the full details of the account to be<br />
used for the Deposit. I wish for utmost confidentiality in handling this transaction as my job<br />
and the future of my family would be jeopardized if it were breached The information will be as<br />
follows&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<p>Bank Name&#8230;&#8230;<br />
Bank Address&#8230;..<br />
Account Name&#8230;&#8230;.<br />
Account Number&#8230;&#8230;.<br />
Routing Number&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<br />
Swife Code&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<br />
State Country&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. </p>
<p>And i am assuring you that the transaction is risk free hence we are going to follow the  normal transfer process .Finally a 25% of the total fund will be given to you for your steadfast corporation.</p>
<p>I look forward to a favorable response from you as soon as possible.Thank&#8217;s for your maximum co-operation and remain blessed.</p>
<p>Best Regards,<br />
Mr.Albert Sambo.</p>
<p>[141940za@myway.com]</p>
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		<title>By: From: Simon.Jimmy.</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-151764</link>
		<dc:creator>From: Simon.Jimmy.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From: Simon.Jimmy.
Zulberg Closeoff 
Ernest Oppenheimer 
Road Bruma Lake, 
Johannesburg,2196 
South Africa. 
   
  Good Day, 
   
      ( RE: TRANSFER OF ($125,000.000.00 USD) 
      ONE HUNDRED &#38; TWENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS 
   
  I want to transfer ($125,000.000.00 USD) One Hundred &#38; Twenty five million United States Dollars  from a Prime Bank here in South Africa to an oversea account. First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this ransaction. This is by virtue of it's nature as being utterly confidential. I am sure and have confidence of your ability and reliability to prosecute a transaction of this great magnitude. 
   
  I solicit your assistance to enable us transfer the said amount into your safe  account for unward investment.You can either provide us with an existing account or to set up a new Bank account immediately to receive this money, even  an empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of this important business trusting in you and believing  that you will never let me down either now or in future. 
   
  I am the personal account officer to the great late INDUSTRIALIST who has an account in one of the top banks here in South Africa. The account was opened in 1998 and he died in 2003 without a written or oral WILL and since 2003 nobody has operated on this account again hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. 
   
  The owner of this account is a foreigner and no other person knows about this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and until his death he was the manager of the company.My investigation through the National immigration department proved to me as well that he was  single as at the time of his entry into the Republic of South Africa. The  amount in this account is USD$125 Million ( One Hundred &#38; Twenty five Million United States Dollars ) only. 
   
  
As a matter of fact, I have decided to transfer this fund abroad for  investment.  Your assistance as a foreigner is necessary because the management of the bank  will welcome any foreigner who has correct information to this account which I  will give to you immediately, if you are interested to do this business with me.There is no risk in this business. With my position  and my personal contact  with the manager of the bank, the money can be transferred to any account you  can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending our physical  arrival in your country for sharing. 
   
  We will start the first transfer with Twenty five million [$25,000.000]. Upon successful transfer without any disappointment  from your side, we shall re-apply for the  payment of the remaining  balance of $100 Million to your account. I am only  contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local  person here,  but can only be pproved to any foreigner  who has the correct information of the account which I will provide for you. 
   
  So you should provide me with your correct account detail where you will like the fund to be transferred or you can set up a new account for the transfer  even an empty account is ok. At the conclussion of the transfer you will take 35%,5% will be for any expenses both parties incurred in the process of this business and the remaining 60% will be for me. As soon as I hear from you and upon your strong assurance that you will not let me down once the fund goes into your account I will then start the processing of the transfer of  the fund to your account without further delay. 
   
  You should send the a/c information as stated below.......together with your telephone nos. both Home, Office &#38; Cell phone for easier &#38; faster communication.
 
Bank Name........... 
Bank Address......... 
A/C  Name.............. 
A/C  Number............... 
Swift Code.................. 
Your Telephone................ 
Routing Number.................. 
State Country.....................
   
  After the proper sharing of the first $25Million, we will decide how to transfer the 2 phase whether to use the same of your account or if you will set up a new Bank account to receive the second tranche of 100M.When calling do not add South African country code beacuse it's a satelite phone only add your country dial out code and dial direct.
 
Contact me urgently via email: {Mrdon_Simon@yahoo.com} or telephone phone: +874-763593730 
+870-763593730  for further details. 
   
  Thanks. 
  Yours Faithfully, 
  Simon.Jimmy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From: Simon.Jimmy.<br />
Zulberg Closeoff<br />
Ernest Oppenheimer<br />
Road Bruma Lake,<br />
Johannesburg,2196<br />
South Africa. </p>
<p>  Good Day, </p>
<p>      ( RE: TRANSFER OF ($125,000.000.00 USD)<br />
      ONE HUNDRED &amp; TWENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS </p>
<p>  I want to transfer ($125,000.000.00 USD) One Hundred &amp; Twenty five million United States Dollars  from a Prime Bank here in South Africa to an oversea account. First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this ransaction. This is by virtue of it&#8217;s nature as being utterly confidential. I am sure and have confidence of your ability and reliability to prosecute a transaction of this great magnitude. </p>
<p>  I solicit your assistance to enable us transfer the said amount into your safe  account for unward investment.You can either provide us with an existing account or to set up a new Bank account immediately to receive this money, even  an empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of this important business trusting in you and believing  that you will never let me down either now or in future. </p>
<p>  I am the personal account officer to the great late INDUSTRIALIST who has an account in one of the top banks here in South Africa. The account was opened in 1998 and he died in 2003 without a written or oral WILL and since 2003 nobody has operated on this account again hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. </p>
<p>  The owner of this account is a foreigner and no other person knows about this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and until his death he was the manager of the company.My investigation through the National immigration department proved to me as well that he was  single as at the time of his entry into the Republic of South Africa. The  amount in this account is USD$125 Million ( One Hundred &amp; Twenty five Million United States Dollars ) only. </p>
<p>As a matter of fact, I have decided to transfer this fund abroad for  investment.  Your assistance as a foreigner is necessary because the management of the bank  will welcome any foreigner who has correct information to this account which I  will give to you immediately, if you are interested to do this business with me.There is no risk in this business. With my position  and my personal contact  with the manager of the bank, the money can be transferred to any account you  can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending our physical  arrival in your country for sharing. </p>
<p>  We will start the first transfer with Twenty five million [$25,000.000]. Upon successful transfer without any disappointment  from your side, we shall re-apply for the  payment of the remaining  balance of $100 Million to your account. I am only  contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local  person here,  but can only be pproved to any foreigner  who has the correct information of the account which I will provide for you. </p>
<p>  So you should provide me with your correct account detail where you will like the fund to be transferred or you can set up a new account for the transfer  even an empty account is ok. At the conclussion of the transfer you will take 35%,5% will be for any expenses both parties incurred in the process of this business and the remaining 60% will be for me. As soon as I hear from you and upon your strong assurance that you will not let me down once the fund goes into your account I will then start the processing of the transfer of  the fund to your account without further delay. </p>
<p>  You should send the a/c information as stated below&#8230;&#8230;.together with your telephone nos. both Home, Office &amp; Cell phone for easier &amp; faster communication.</p>
<p>Bank Name&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<br />
Bank Address&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<br />
A/C  Name&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<br />
A/C  Number&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<br />
Swift Code&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<br />
Your Telephone&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<br />
Routing Number&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<br />
State Country&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>  After the proper sharing of the first $25Million, we will decide how to transfer the 2 phase whether to use the same of your account or if you will set up a new Bank account to receive the second tranche of 100M.When calling do not add South African country code beacuse it&#8217;s a satelite phone only add your country dial out code and dial direct.</p>
<p>Contact me urgently via email: {Mrdon_Simon@yahoo.com} or telephone phone: +874-763593730<br />
+870-763593730  for further details. </p>
<p>  Thanks.<br />
  Yours Faithfully,<br />
  Simon.Jimmy.</p>
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		<title>By: Sanders</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-95933</link>
		<dc:creator>Sanders</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2006 22:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;blog Sanders...&lt;/strong&gt;

npycacthpawnsjsabvi2mizmbo6hx9fwa8i0rnsc6reohEw Igfj imported hg a few monterths ago, and while I still bust it ...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>blog Sanders&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>npycacthpawnsjsabvi2mizmbo6hx9fwa8i0rnsc6reohEw Igfj imported hg a few monterths ago, and while I still bust it &#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Champion</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-95928</link>
		<dc:creator>Champion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2006 22:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-95928</guid>
		<description>&lt;strong&gt;blog Champion...&lt;/strong&gt;

bfl7k1zfly2ssn7tt57tpw0yzbebmhjbj8t04ns37azxqEw Igfj imported hg a few monterths ago, and while I still bust it ...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>blog Champion&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>bfl7k1zfly2ssn7tt57tpw0yzbebmhjbj8t04ns37azxqEw Igfj imported hg a few monterths ago, and while I still bust it &#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Colevault.com &#187; Is this thing on? (Redux)</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-24302</link>
		<dc:creator>Colevault.com &#187; Is this thing on? (Redux)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2006 08:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-24302</guid>
		<description>[...] And through all this I somehow managed to go to work every day (well, some days were at home when I didn&#8217;t feel like inflicting my germs on my coworkers).  And this is the other main reason the blog has been backburnered for almost 2 months.  As most of my friends, family, and colleagues know Vast.com finally launched on March 13, late on that Monday night.  The run-up to the launch was pretty hectic with a flurry of last-minute activity, and the pace has actually increased since then.  If you&#8217;re curious about exactly what we&#8217;re up to you can read an excellent overview here. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] And through all this I somehow managed to go to work every day (well, some days were at home when I didn&#8217;t feel like inflicting my germs on my coworkers).  And this is the other main reason the blog has been backburnered for almost 2 months.  As most of my friends, family, and colleagues know Vast.com finally launched on March 13, late on that Monday night.  The run-up to the launch was pretty hectic with a flurry of last-minute activity, and the pace has actually increased since then.  If you&#8217;re curious about exactly what we&#8217;re up to you can read an excellent overview here. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Lawless Village &#187; Blog Archive &#187; links for 2006-03-27</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-22823</link>
		<dc:creator>Lawless Village &#187; Blog Archive &#187; links for 2006-03-27</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Analysis on Vast - classfieid aggregator (tags: newspapers classified advertising aggregators) [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Analysis on Vast - classfieid aggregator (tags: newspapers classified advertising aggregators) [...]</p>
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		<title>By: BrianShih.com &#187; Web2.0&#8217;s got Alfa Romeo lust</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-21210</link>
		<dc:creator>BrianShih.com &#187; Web2.0&#8217;s got Alfa Romeo lust</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 23:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-21210</guid>
		<description>[...] TechCrunch shows the features of Vast by&#8230;searching for Alfa Romeos. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] TechCrunch shows the features of Vast by&#8230;searching for Alfa Romeos. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Migs</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-20616</link>
		<dc:creator>Migs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2006 06:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Naval clarified API usage for me. Since it's now good, I should be coming up with my app.</description>
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		<title>By: Mark Johnson</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-20273</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark Johnson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To Balaji &#38; Naval from me @ Kosmix. . . Naval was pretty spot on.

From what I can tell, Vast's goal is to find structured data from all over the Web, normalize the data, and present it in a single interface.  Kosmix, on the other hand, searches the general Web and returns regular Web pages, much like traditional search engines.  We create a new set of meta-data about Web pages, i.e. our categories.

Sounds like we're complimentary search companies, rather than direct competitors.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To Balaji &amp; Naval from me @ Kosmix. . . Naval was pretty spot on.</p>
<p>From what I can tell, Vast&#8217;s goal is to find structured data from all over the Web, normalize the data, and present it in a single interface.  Kosmix, on the other hand, searches the general Web and returns regular Web pages, much like traditional search engines.  We create a new set of meta-data about Web pages, i.e. our categories.</p>
<p>Sounds like we&#8217;re complimentary search companies, rather than direct competitors.</p>
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		<title>By: oBeattie &#187; Vast – Aggregating Listings From The Whole Web</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-20252</link>
		<dc:creator>oBeattie &#187; Vast – Aggregating Listings From The Whole Web</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Source: TechCrunch [...]</description>
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		<title>By: BC</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-20198</link>
		<dc:creator>BC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Enter your Zip Code?

Another fucking website that's only useable in the United States.

There ought to be a death penalty against Web 2.0 companies that launch with this type of mentality.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Enter your Zip Code?</p>
<p>Another fucking website that&#8217;s only useable in the United States.</p>
<p>There ought to be a death penalty against Web 2.0 companies that launch with this type of mentality.</p>
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		<title>By: web.XpunktNull.de &#187; Search 2.0</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-20139</link>
		<dc:creator>web.XpunktNull.de &#187; Search 2.0</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Auch hinsichtlich der eingesetzten Crawling-Algorithmen und das daraus resultierende Indexing des &#8220;deep web&#8221; scheint outstanding zu sein, s. nähere Infos bei Techcrunch selbst! Sollte man im Auge behalten und warten, bis jemand sein big brand aufpappt! ;-) [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Auch hinsichtlich der eingesetzten Crawling-Algorithmen und das daraus resultierende Indexing des &#8220;deep web&#8221; scheint outstanding zu sein, s. nähere Infos bei Techcrunch selbst! Sollte man im Auge behalten und warten, bis jemand sein big brand aufpappt! <img src='http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Shishank</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-20076</link>
		<dc:creator>Shishank</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Naval,

The Vast idea of targetting a particular Vertical is extremely good. Its becoming the order of the day with many other search engines targetting particular audiences. Would like to know what is the thinking behind ’steal this site’? Why Vast doesn't want to rule this for sometime before exposing to everyone? 

@S
http://www.pcmspace.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Naval,</p>
<p>The Vast idea of targetting a particular Vertical is extremely good. Its becoming the order of the day with many other search engines targetting particular audiences. Would like to know what is the thinking behind ’steal this site’? Why Vast doesn&#8217;t want to rule this for sometime before exposing to everyone? </p>
<p>@S<br />
<a href="http://www.pcmspace.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcmspace.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Naval Ravikant</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-20048</link>
		<dc:creator>Naval Ravikant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2006 07:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-20048</guid>
		<description>Balaji, Kosmix does categorization, not deep crawling, extraction, image extraction, normalization, de-duplication, and fast-refreshing. On the other hand, Vast doesn't keep a full cache of the whole web or do full-text analysis. They are solving very different problems. I would be surprised if Kosmix can do what we can and if we can do what they can. These are completely different problems.

Migs, drop me a note at my first name at vast dot com and we'll do what we can for you on the API front so you can accomplish what you want.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Balaji, Kosmix does categorization, not deep crawling, extraction, image extraction, normalization, de-duplication, and fast-refreshing. On the other hand, Vast doesn&#8217;t keep a full cache of the whole web or do full-text analysis. They are solving very different problems. I would be surprised if Kosmix can do what we can and if we can do what they can. These are completely different problems.</p>
<p>Migs, drop me a note at my first name at vast dot com and we&#8217;ll do what we can for you on the API front so you can accomplish what you want.</p>
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		<title>By: Migs</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-20002</link>
		<dc:creator>Migs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Naval and All,
I &lt;a href="http://migs.paraz.com/w/archives/2006/03/15/vast-for-search-only/" rel="nofollow"&gt;found some issues with the Vast API&lt;/a&gt;. I'm pretty sure it's what you intended, but I just got a bit disappointed with what you can do with the data - basically, it's only for search.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Naval and All,<br />
I <a href="http://migs.paraz.com/w/archives/2006/03/15/vast-for-search-only/" rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/migs.paraz.com');">found some issues with the Vast API</a>. I&#8217;m pretty sure it&#8217;s what you intended, but I just got a bit disappointed with what you can do with the data - basically, it&#8217;s only for search.</p>
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		<title>By: Balaji</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-19990</link>
		<dc:creator>Balaji</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-19990</guid>
		<description>Naval,
Thanks for the explanation. Still, I was wondering what if Kosmix enters this space. Technically, they should be able to do your stuff very easily. The only difference is you are focusing on a different vertical compared to Kosmix. However, if you notice Kosmix, they are debuting vertical by vertical every month. They started with Health, now they have travel and politics. Given that, if they choose to do for classifieds like you, what is the barrier for entry on your part ?

Balaji</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Naval,<br />
Thanks for the explanation. Still, I was wondering what if Kosmix enters this space. Technically, they should be able to do your stuff very easily. The only difference is you are focusing on a different vertical compared to Kosmix. However, if you notice Kosmix, they are debuting vertical by vertical every month. They started with Health, now they have travel and politics. Given that, if they choose to do for classifieds like you, what is the barrier for entry on your part ?</p>
<p>Balaji</p>
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		<title>By: Naval Ravikant</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-19903</link>
		<dc:creator>Naval Ravikant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2006 23:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-19903</guid>
		<description>Deal Seeker,

Vast only has three categories but already 16 million listings across those three since it crawls the whole web, not just the top few sites. Vast's API is also fully open - it's a developer service more than a destination site, unlike Oodle. That being said, email alerts and RSS are coming.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Deal Seeker,</p>
<p>Vast only has three categories but already 16 million listings across those three since it crawls the whole web, not just the top few sites. Vast&#8217;s API is also fully open - it&#8217;s a developer service more than a destination site, unlike Oodle. That being said, email alerts and RSS are coming.</p>
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		<title>By: deal seeker</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-19899</link>
		<dc:creator>deal seeker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2006 23:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-19899</guid>
		<description>How does Vast compare to Oodle? I have been using Oodle (oodle.com), now for about a year. They cover not only cars and jobs, but also appartments, tickets, service etc etc...they all all over US and they claim to have 10 million listings...

Does Vast have an allert system? I find allerts extremely usefull - Oodle's email allert helped me already twice to locate a classified literally minutes from its posting.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How does Vast compare to Oodle? I have been using Oodle (oodle.com), now for about a year. They cover not only cars and jobs, but also appartments, tickets, service etc etc&#8230;they all all over US and they claim to have 10 million listings&#8230;</p>
<p>Does Vast have an allert system? I find allerts extremely usefull - Oodle&#8217;s email allert helped me already twice to locate a classified literally minutes from its posting.</p>
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		<title>By: Naval Ravikant</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-19892</link>
		<dc:creator>Naval Ravikant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2006 22:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-19892</guid>
		<description>Balaji, Vast and Kosmix are extremely different. Play with each site for a few minutes and you will see. Kosmix is competing with Google. We're closer to Google Base, although unlike Google Base we're crawler based and not focused on a destination site.

Observer, we will be doing other countries, around the end of this year

Observer again :-), the API is available for commercial uses. You can't change the sort order of our results, but you can put your own ads or Google ads above the results, however you want. I can't speak to Oodle's API, but given that they're building a destination site, I think you need special approval from them. Our entire site is built on the same API that we're offering you, and we're hoping that you'll take it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Balaji, Vast and Kosmix are extremely different. Play with each site for a few minutes and you will see. Kosmix is competing with Google. We&#8217;re closer to Google Base, although unlike Google Base we&#8217;re crawler based and not focused on a destination site.</p>
<p>Observer, we will be doing other countries, around the end of this year</p>
<p>Observer again :-), the API is available for commercial uses. You can&#8217;t change the sort order of our results, but you can put your own ads or Google ads above the results, however you want. I can&#8217;t speak to Oodle&#8217;s API, but given that they&#8217;re building a destination site, I think you need special approval from them. Our entire site is built on the same API that we&#8217;re offering you, and we&#8217;re hoping that you&#8217;ll take it.</p>
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		<title>By: Observer</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-19885</link>
		<dc:creator>Observer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2006 22:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-19885</guid>
		<description>Naval,

Will your API allow for organic classified ads to appear above VAST's ads???  And, how will sponsored classified ads from VAST appear on an API site???  Will such ads appear at the top, with different backgrounds, etc.???  I'm wondering how your API might stack up against Oodle's API.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Naval,</p>
<p>Will your API allow for organic classified ads to appear above VAST&#8217;s ads???  And, how will sponsored classified ads from VAST appear on an API site???  Will such ads appear at the top, with different backgrounds, etc.???  I&#8217;m wondering how your API might stack up against Oodle&#8217;s API.</p>
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		<title>By: Observer</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-19880</link>
		<dc:creator>Observer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2006 22:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-19880</guid>
		<description>Naval,

Any plans to aggregate classified ads outside the US, e.g. China, India, Russia, etc.???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Naval,</p>
<p>Any plans to aggregate classified ads outside the US, e.g. China, India, Russia, etc.???</p>
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		<title>By: Ted::Talks()</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-19845</link>
		<dc:creator>Ted::Talks()</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-19845</guid>
		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Web::Vast - a new mashup opportunity...&lt;/strong&gt;

 Techcrunch profiled a new service called vast today. Here is an excerpt from their FAQ page:Vast is a search service - we scour the web across millions of sites and billions of pages to find nuggets of information -...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Web::Vast - a new mashup opportunity&#8230;</strong></p>
<p> Techcrunch profiled a new service called vast today. Here is an excerpt from their FAQ page:Vast is a search service - we scour the web across millions of sites and billions of pages to find nuggets of information -&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Balaji</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-19823</link>
		<dc:creator>Balaji</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/14/vast-%e2%80%93-aggregating-listings-from-the-whole-web/#comment-19823</guid>
		<description>Naval,
How are you different from Kosmix ? They do aggregation on certain verticals like health, travel, politics etc. They can easily do for cars, profiles too. How do you plan to play your cards ?

Balaji</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Naval,<br />
How are you different from Kosmix ? They do aggregation on certain verticals like health, travel, politics etc. They can easily do for cars, profiles too. How do you plan to play your cards ?</p>
<p>Balaji</p>
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