Comments on: Clerk Dogs Takes a Curated Approach To Movie Recommendations

By: Tim Todd

Tim Todd — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:12:21 +0000

“Nanocrowd Movie Search: A New Recommendation Approach.”

Small themed groupings of movies (like the movie picked) are included. They are called nanogenres.

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Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:04:57 +0000

[...] that you’d find at your local independent video store, then head on over to Clerkdogs. The human-curated movie recommendation site has an OscarMatch feature that suggests 400 films similar to this year’s crop of Oscar [...]

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By: Andrea Gaunce

Andrea Gaunce — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:54:05 +0000

More cushion for the pushing imo.

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[...] ausgefallenen Matching-Technologie (die den Betreibern viel Handarbeit abverlangt) ist es möglich, Filmvorschläge zu finden. Man gibt an, welche Filme einem gefallen und die Clerk Dogs schlagen Filmtitel vor, die [...]

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By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:32:34 +0000

http://www.cler...nd-2004/matches

It explains that the Break Up is “more mainstream” and you have to admit that they do have similar themes even if they are executed in a very different way…(aesthetically, etc).

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:19:37 +0000

The Break Up makes perfect sense with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind since they are both dealing with the issues surrounding a bad break up. Although ESSM is a much better movie, the themes are very similar.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:18:16 +0000

Awesome site, I was impressed by the quality of the suggestions for the searches I performed. I wish you the best!

By: Mary H

Mary H — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:36:17 +0000

coldbrew,

ClerkDogs comes right from the physical video stores that our founder used to own in New England. We would love to help video stores. We are a new small company and our plans for the future our still uncertain. We will keep you posted!

- The ClerkDogs Team

By: ventureblogalist

ventureblogalist — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:59:24 +0000

I hope this site takes off! Most other movies sites just recommend on genre and not theme, etc.

By: finch

finch — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:56:04 +0000

that makes sense. they are both terrible movies.

By: coldbrew

coldbrew — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:10:18 +0000

Could you all possibly partner with the small businesses still running video store operations? Some easy way for these “mom and pops” to integrate with your site? We still have a very large locally owned shop that beat out Hollywood Video (HV even put in one of their ‘flagship’ stores that carried all sorts of flicks…it failed). The local store’s site sucks though.

By: coldbrew

coldbrew — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:02:55 +0000

Cheers to you Mary! I think you adequately addressed Simon’s question, “Will be ever learn?”

Gradual engagement is a concept that is still not intuitive to many on the web. I hate when my competitors figure this out

By: Haydur

Haydur — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:48:16 +0000

Oh, and you guys lost me completely by recommending “The Break-Up” when searching for “Eternal Sunshine…”

By: Haydur

Haydur — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:46:01 +0000

Jinni.com much?

By: EH

EH — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:45:33 +0000

Our recommendations improve dramatically with time, so we do require you to open an account.

Non-sequitur. What’s the real reason you require registration?

By: margiej11

margiej11 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:36:08 +0000

@Simon @Dias – I agree about not having to register. I closed the window too. Cool concept, but I won’t know for sure until it’s available to try out first.

@Steve – I think you’d have more “window shoppers” and “walk-in” business without requiring registration first. It’s just like in the “real world” – who wants to give a salesman personal information before they know the product works? By registering first, I’ve just given the internet equivalent of my phone number to a complete stranger (for them to do with whatever they’d like, mind you) whom I have no reason to trust!

Trustworthiness and a relationship can be built by giving without expecting anything in return – i.e. free samples. In the real world, you wouldn’t share personal information with a stranger and you shouldn’t do it online either. Didn’t your mother ever tell you not to talk to strangers?!

But, alright, so maybe whatever service is interesting enough for me to give them my information/trust up front. What happens when I give it a go and it turns out I’m actually disinterested? I’ve just given personal information to a company I’ll never do business with – that’s not mutually beneficial.

What is mutually beneficial is users/clients/customers who want to be part of the whole operation and are involved and excited. These are the people who will create new business via friends, family and/or blog subscribers, Facebook friends, MySpace friends, LinkedIn connections, etc. –people who trust your customer for one reason or another.

Another retail analogy: it’s the difference between window shopping, walk-in business and destination/recommendation shopping. If the door is locked and there are no windows, how far am I willing to go to get inside and see what they’re selling?

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:36:04 +0000

Mike,

Thanks for your feedback. The movie DNA is provided by our movie experts, rather than users. Mash It results are generated using the DNA ratings, while Match It recommendations are individually hand-picked by our team of clerks. During beta, the Crime/Suspense genre works best for Mash It. We are constantly expanding the database.

Thanks, ClerkDogs Team

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By: Mike Gitig

Mike Gitig — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:59:52 +0000

This reminds me a lot of ways of what the guys at Pandora are doing, EXCEPT that this relies on the sites users to provide the movie DNA. Maybe if you had some “experts” supplementing the DNA info it would make them a little more interesting (or at least less generic and obvious). Like the idea though, will be very interesting to see if people are a) willing to take the time to review moves (what’s the incentive?) and b) if the reviews will get better or worse with the wisdom of the crowd.

By: sir jorge

sir jorge — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:51:40 +0000

I tried this out, it sucks. It didn’t give me any good or relevant results for 18 different searches. Nice job, lame site.

By: Mary Hansell

Mary Hansell — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:33:21 +0000

Thank you very much for your comments. We have taken away the registration requirement. Please enjoy the site and we look forward to receiving more of your feedback.

- The ClerkDogs Team