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By: Google’s SearchMash Is Now A "Dinosaur" | Kooshy - Sneaky Search Marketing

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:04:56 +0000

[...] The search engine they used to test wild and fun stuff for advanced search features? Well, as TechCrunch noted a week or so ago, Google stopped the testing at [...]

By: Google cutting costs - what, me worry?

Google cutting costs - what, me worry? — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:07:44 +0000

[...] already been deployed but didn’t make their expected big splash will be shut down. Lively, SearchMash, and Page Creator (I never saw the sense in that one anyway) are already on the chopping block [...]

By: Why Did Google Discontinue SearchMash? at PRADA

Why Did Google Discontinue SearchMash? at PRADA — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 04:41:48 +0000

[...] 轉自TechCrunch 不論你是否喜歡searchwiki,對搜尋結果新型的投票以及評論功能,goolge在上禮拜已經介紹過了,無法否認此幹勁對此公司的影響,將讓google的登入者漸漸享受這種服務 [...]

By: Bashar

Bashar — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:15:23 +0000

Lively seems still alive, though I do vote for shutting it down.
Gmail and Maps are great successes of Google unlike SearchMash so I wouldn’t think they will close it. I was too sad when they closed Google API

By: Em

Em — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:12:50 +0000

It was nice using you, SearchMash!

By: What can Google’s SearchWiki do for you? « Marketing Nirvana

What can Google’s SearchWiki do for you? « Marketing Nirvana — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:02:24 +0000

[...] Wauters (TechCrunch) says: Whether you like SearchWiki, the new voting and commenting feature for search results Google [...]

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spirit’s blog » Blog Archive » 2008年11月25日科技博客精选 — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:18:11 +0000

[...] 　　TechCrunch：Google为何放弃SearchMash [...]

By: Todd Levy

Todd Levy — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:12:49 +0000

Good riddance.

Try my weekend project SearchQuilt instead… http://searchquilt.com/

Instead of tabs like SearchMash, with SearchQuilt you can search for videos, images, websites, blogs, news, discussion, auctions, and products all on one page.

Try it for iPhone… http://searchqu...earch/?q=iPhone

Or a sports team… http://searchqu...=Dallas+Cowboys

Or your favorite band… http://searchqu...ch/?q=Metallica

Plus the home page includes popular searches from Yahoo, Google, Ask, and Icerocket (updated hourly) so you can also use SearchQuilt to see what’s buzzing.

By: vamapaull

vamapaull — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:44:55 +0000

Oh.. this is the google webapp with the “fishy” logo?

http://www.idea...10/google-logo/
Yeah.. this is it.

By: alex

alex — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:53:16 +0000

“Gmail? Maps?”

Look, they are killing whatever DOES NOT work out for them, NOT WHAT KICKS A#$!!

On SearchWiki, despite what Arrington, Blodget and all the other sworn google-haters have to say, I love it, and so do all the people I asked. As long as Google doesn’t mix the SearchWiki results with its normal search algorithm, and as long as they figure out – quickly – a way to filter out invalid comments (like porn), I believe its gonna be used a lot…

http://the-anti...y.blogspot.com/

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:42:24 +0000

Lively, Searchmash, and what’s next that Google would like to kill?

Gmail? Maps? Hope not…

By: Google Kills SearchMash; Microsoft Live Search Now Kumo.com? | Monty's Mega Marketing

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:53:04 +0000

[...] Along with killing Lively and axing SearchWiki, it appears Google has also pulled the plug on SearchMash. [...]

By: Why Did Google Discontinue SearchMash? | Tech News - Business News And Social Networking

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:15:21 +0000

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By: Bashar

Bashar — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:51:02 +0000

Guess even Google can’t defeat it’s own search engine popularity. People are not taking anything else than current Googl

By: GreyReview on TechCrunch (sort-of) | GreyReview

GreyReview on TechCrunch (sort-of) | GreyReview — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:06:54 +0000

[...] TechCrunch referenced GreyReview’s Google Shut Down its Experimental SearchMash in its latest article Why Did Google Discontinue SearchMash? [...]

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Free Movies & TV Episodes Online — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:00:38 +0000

SearchMash mostly didn’t meet their profit margins

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:13:53 +0000

SearchMash is very much like MSE360.com, and I must say I’m quite surprised they didn’t market it as something worth using. Feedback I get about MSE360 indicates the meta layouts such as SearchMash are very suited to certain groups (eg researchers).. It’s a shame.

By: Google Shut Down its Experimental SearchMash | GreyReview

Google Shut Down its Experimental SearchMash | GreyReview — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:39:48 +0000

[...] Unfortunately, Google has consigned SearchMash to “way of the dinosaur”. Since yesterday, the search engine became inaccessible. Maybe Google is planning a rebirth of SearchMash, maybe not. Google launched SearchMash with little fanfare in 2007 and now, the experimental search engine went out with a whimper (no coverage on TechCrunch) (see coverage on TechCrunch). [...]

By: Marvin

Marvin — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:23:13 +0000

well I do see a merit in google trying out the semantic & CrowdOpine concept in its core search philosophy. The knol rocks indeed; I am tired of people defending wikipedia as they just seem to be interested in deleting content giving all sorts of obscure reasons.

By: kyle

kyle — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:24:35 +0000

searchmash was great, but universal search deals with what you’re calling “meta search” in a much more appropriate manner. i have to give google credit, they’re doing a great job with universal search, a lot of queries have a great blend of helpful, comprehensive results. good stuff.

By: Charbax

Charbax — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:20:09 +0000

To me it seems Google changed SearchWiki slightly. They don’t display “the most relevant” comment under the search result when in “See all notes for this SearchWiki” mode anymore.

I guess it’s because they found out they need to tweak the algorithm that picks the most relevant comment to display there. Since some like the “most relevant” TechCrunch search comment was porn spam..

Also, SearchWiki for now only lets people see 10 random comments it seems, and those 10 always kind of are the same, every few hours or so you get to see a couple other comments among those 10 random ones. I’d like them to add a “View all” link to see all comments. And some ways to sort comments by most relevant at the top, most recent at the top and more stuff like that.

And I also think they should make “Flag as innapropriate content” a much simpler process, then having to fill out your name, email and more. They know your name and email, otherwise you wouldn’t have a Google account..

Otherwise, I still think Google SearchWiki is awesome, and I can’t wait until Google mixes it up with Knol pages and Knol debates.. The product manager for SearchWiki is the same guy as for Knol, and no matter what Calcanis says about Knol and no matter what Michael Arrington says about SearchWiki, I think those features have huge potential to revolutionize the Internet as we know it.

Just cause Google are the best at search doesn’t mean they should rest on their laurels and not revolutionize search even more..