Comments on: Spock Open Public Beta http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:59:32 -0800 hourly 1 By: PaulG http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1566696 PaulG Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:21:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1566696 Spock seems to be offline... http://www.spock.com: Http/1.1 Service Unavailable Spock seems to be offline…

http://www.spock.com:

Http/1.1 Service Unavailable

]]> By: saeed http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1544866 saeed Thu, 09 Aug 2007 02:12:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1544866 Jaideep, stop spending VC money on your PR and start outsourcing your infrastructure to others that know what they are doing. for God's sake, you are still using 1and1 for your hosting and resolving....they are doing everything in best effort basis, i use them for my personal site and i still have problem...either build your own or give it up to industry leaders! system admin 101 Jaideep, stop spending VC money on your PR and start outsourcing your infrastructure to others that know what they are doing. for God’s sake, you are still using 1and1 for your hosting and resolving….they are doing everything in best effort basis, i use them for my personal site and i still have problem…either build your own or give it up to industry leaders!

system admin 101

]]> By: bala http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1544863 bala Thu, 09 Aug 2007 02:10:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1544863 i really admire onething about spock...they got so much PR (wonder how much they spent on hyping it)....time will tell if spock is a viable business or not! i really admire onething about spock…they got so much PR (wonder how much they spent on hyping it)….time will tell if spock is a viable business or not!

]]> By: Sprezzatura http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1544852 Sprezzatura Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:58:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1544852 Spock has a real problem with being able to differentiate between multiple instances of the same person, and completely different people. I plugged a friend's name into Spock and saw 5 results -- 4 different profiles of the friend, plus one profile of another person who happens to share his name. Lame. Spock has a real problem with being able to differentiate between multiple instances of the same person, and completely different people.

I plugged a friend’s name into Spock and saw 5 results — 4 different profiles of the friend, plus one profile of another person who happens to share his name.

Lame.

]]> By: Good Luck http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1544803 Good Luck Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:13:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1544803 Jaideep, Now I understand the problem with your site and probably your company... if you design a site for 100 PV/sec that does not equate to 300MM per month. As all sites have some peak to average ratio so 100 PV/sec design is probably more like 50MM PV per month. By your comment above, it sounds like you are suggesting that you are now tracking to 1B... spin baby spin. You just got crunched. Don't go buy some servers as I don't think you will see the load you saw today for a while, if ever. Jaideep,

Now I understand the problem with your site and probably your company… if you design a site for 100 PV/sec that does not equate to 300MM per month. As all sites have some peak to average ratio so 100 PV/sec design is probably more like 50MM PV per month.

By your comment above, it sounds like you are suggesting that you are now tracking to 1B… spin baby spin.

You just got crunched. Don’t go buy some servers as I don’t think you will see the load you saw today for a while, if ever.

]]> By: David Mackey http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1544745 David Mackey Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:32:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1544745 And here I thought you were going to announce something exciting...Like a new, real search engine. And here I thought you were going to announce something exciting…Like a new, real search engine.

]]> By: best wishes http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1544688 best wishes Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:54:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1544688 Jaideep, You need to slow down on the hype. The bigger problem, Spock does not seem to have a strong value prop. Best wishes! Jaideep,

You need to slow down on the hype. The bigger problem, Spock does not seem to have a strong value prop.

Best wishes!

]]> By: Manish http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1544677 Manish Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:49:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1544677 I think the basic idea of a vertical search engine targeting humans is promising. It will also require the Spock team to execute flawlessly( today's public beta was a counter example ), as there are good competitors in this space, and user's taste and preferences are ever evolving. I think the basic idea of a vertical search engine targeting humans is promising. It will also require the Spock team to execute flawlessly( today’s public beta was a counter example ), as there are good competitors in this space, and user’s taste and preferences are ever evolving.

]]> By: John http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1544543 John Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:08:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1544543 You can't go alive with such a lot of errors.. Pls this's not acceptable. You can’t go alive with such a lot of errors.. Pls this’s not acceptable.

]]> By: Johnny http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1544536 Johnny Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:05:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1544536 Ok have been messing around with it for a bit and I have made up my mind that i think its totally laim. Really disappointing actually i was hoping for something great. It really is substandard and boring Ok have been messing around with it for a bit and I have made up my mind that i think its totally laim.

Really disappointing actually i was hoping for something great.
It really is substandard and boring

]]> By: Jaideep Singh http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1544521 Jaideep Singh Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:57:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1544521 Dear Techcrunch readers, After a very successful private beta, we launched the Spock public beta today with great fanfare. During the private beta period we created a strong community of users, bloggers, and reviewers. For this we are very grateful. In anticipation of our public beta launch, we had catered for peak capacity of 100 page views a second, which translates to 300 million page views a month. However, since this morning we have been getting a consistent request rate of 300 to 400 page views a second, which translates to nearly 1 billion page views a month. Although this level of demand is gratifying, we sincerely apologize for not being able to serve it all, and appreciate everyone's patience. The entire Spock team is working hard to add more capacity today and tomorrow. Please bear with us while we add more bandwidth to meet the needs of our global user base. Sincerely, Jaideep Singh Co-founder & CEO Dear Techcrunch readers,

After a very successful private beta, we launched the Spock public beta today with great fanfare. During the private beta period we created a strong community of users, bloggers, and reviewers. For this we are very grateful.

In anticipation of our public beta launch, we had catered for peak capacity of 100 page views a second, which translates to 300 million page views a month. However, since this morning we have been getting a consistent request rate of 300 to 400 page views a second, which translates to nearly 1 billion page views a month.

Although this level of demand is gratifying, we sincerely apologize for not being able to serve it all, and appreciate everyone’s patience. The entire Spock team is working hard to add more capacity today and tomorrow. Please bear with us while we add more bandwidth to meet the needs of our global user base.

Sincerely,
Jaideep Singh
Co-founder & CEO

]]> By: Sanjay http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1544492 Sanjay Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:40:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1544492 I use beta version of site and even when fast, not very good. Not sure why they get so much blog posting. No better (maybe worse) than other sites (pipl.com / zoominfo.com). Somebody friends with somebody. I use beta version of site and even when fast, not very good. Not sure why they get so much blog posting.

No better (maybe worse) than other sites (pipl.com / zoominfo.com). Somebody friends with somebody.

]]> By: Paul http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1544464 Paul Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:20:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1544464 Still broken. Someone should have been paying their pr people less and their engineers more. Still broken. Someone should have been paying their pr people less and their engineers more.

]]> By: Jeffrey http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1544337 Jeffrey Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:18:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1544337 The site is too slow! The site is too slow!

]]> By: Rajesh Shakya http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1544250 Rajesh Shakya Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:18:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1544250 I have been using spock from its beta launch. I am sure, it will make its mark very soon. Rajesh Shakya http://www.rajeshshakya.com Helping technopreneurs to excel and lead their life! I have been using spock from its beta launch. I am sure, it will make its mark very soon.

Rajesh Shakya
http://www.rajeshshakya.com
Helping technopreneurs to excel and lead their life!

]]> By: Nick Gonzalez http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1544236 Nick Gonzalez Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:11:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1544236 Yeah, since the site has gone public I've been experiencing the slowdown and had some errors when switching to the grid format. Yeah, since the site has gone public I’ve been experiencing the slowdown and had some errors when switching to the grid format.

]]> By: Jay http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1544229 Jay Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:05:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1544229 Sucks. Mad slow. Sucks. Mad slow.

]]> By: looking for a VC http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1544218 looking for a VC Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:55:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1544218 $7M idea for mainly searching LinkedIn and Wikipedia? Can you put me in touch with your VC? I will only blow their $100K. $7M idea for mainly searching LinkedIn and Wikipedia? Can you put me in touch with your VC? I will only blow their $100K.

]]> By: matt http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1544182 matt Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:27:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1544182 Uh, I think the spock widget embedded in this post is slowly down TechCrunch's main page? Uh, I think the spock widget embedded in this post is slowly down TechCrunch’s main page?

]]> By: Startup Advice http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1544164 Startup Advice Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:14:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1544164 Please use good judgement before you get VC funding. People might end up seeing 1. Development hell 2. Vaporware 3. Problmes. You can only get one PR deals: Business week, Wall street journal, other publication. Journalist only write once. I suggest you bring back "Come back next time! We are working on it" and cancel all the running press. It can hurt your company's reputations and employment futures. Please use good judgement before you get VC funding.
People might end up seeing

1. Development hell
2. Vaporware
3. Problmes.

You can only get one PR deals: Business week, Wall street journal, other publication. Journalist only write once.

I suggest you bring back “Come back next time! We are working on it” and cancel all the running press. It can hurt your company’s reputations and employment futures.

]]> By: Errors http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1544143 Errors Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:01:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1544143 Status: 500 Internal Server Error Content-Type: text/html Uh Oh Looks like we're having problems right now. Try coming back in a bit. This is really embarressing for any startups. You are kidding right?!?!? People see your website that cost $ 7 million dollars to make. Status: 500 Internal Server Error Content-Type: text/html
Uh Oh
Looks like we’re having problems right now. Try coming back in a bit.

This is really embarressing for any startups. You are kidding right?!?!? People see your website that cost $ 7 million dollars to make.

]]> By: Metagg http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1544116 Metagg Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:43:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1544116 <strong>Metagg is tracking this post...</strong> Find out what Social News Sites are discussing this post over at metagg.com... Metagg is tracking this post…

Find out what Social News Sites are discussing this post over at metagg.com…

]]> By: Johnny http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1544092 Johnny Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:24:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1544092 7 million in angel round. I dont about Spock, I think its laim but I want to get deeper into it before i make my final judgement 7 million in angel round.
I dont about Spock, I think its laim but I want to get deeper into it before i make my final judgement

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1544009 Elizabeth Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:20:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1544009 Yeesh, the signup process is lame too. A million steps and then it kicks you into a login page before you've chosen or received a password. Back to real work. Yeesh, the signup process is lame too. A million steps and then it kicks you into a login page before you’ve chosen or received a password. Back to real work.

]]> By: Gloria White http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1544000 Gloria White Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:15:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/08/spock-open-public-beta-make-your-favorite-top-10-list/#comment-1544000 After trying numerous times to bring on their home page, I tried a few searches for not so well known people and got zero results. Similar searches for people on google returns multiple results. I think their width and depth of 'people crawl' is woefully inadequate as compared to what's available in google. 7 million dollars, a management team that looks good on paper plus lots of buzz should not be so disappointing. Zoominfo returns better results. After trying numerous times to bring on their home page, I tried a few searches for not so well known people and got zero results. Similar searches for people on google returns multiple results. I think their width and depth of ‘people crawl’ is woefully inadequate as compared to what’s available in google.
7 million dollars, a management team that looks good on paper plus lots of buzz should not be so disappointing. Zoominfo returns better results.

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