Comments on: The way things can tangle (and my - Google is fast)… http://www.techsoapbox.com/the-way-things-can-tangle-and-my-google-is-fast/ Soapboxing every damn day Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:34:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Ahmed http://www.techsoapbox.com/the-way-things-can-tangle-and-my-google-is-fast/#comment-14758 Ahmed Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:01:21 +0000 http://www.techsoapbox.com/the-way-things-can-tangle-and-my-google-is-fast/#comment-14758 Thanks tennis - both for the kind words and for help spreading the word on iBegin Source :) I still think we are in the infancy stage - people come to us, poke us with a stick, and then watch to make sure we will be sticking around. I think in about 12-18 months we will become a *true* heavyweight to reckon with. Thanks tennis - both for the kind words and for help spreading the word on iBegin Source :)

I still think we are in the infancy stage - people come to us, poke us with a stick, and then watch to make sure we will be sticking around.

I think in about 12-18 months we will become a *true* heavyweight to reckon with.

]]> By: tennis_fan28 http://www.techsoapbox.com/the-way-things-can-tangle-and-my-google-is-fast/#comment-14669 tennis_fan28 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:04:13 +0000 http://www.techsoapbox.com/the-way-things-can-tangle-and-my-google-is-fast/#comment-14669 Actually, I remember Business 2.0 had an article in an issue a couple of years ago now where they asked VC's what they wanted to invest in and one said to have a new community driven Craigs List. That's what got me going and I thought that if it didn't work, at least I would learn a lot in the process. And I have. Actually, I remember Business 2.0 had an article in an issue a couple of years ago now where they asked VC’s what they wanted to invest in and one said to have a new community driven Craigs List. That’s what got me going and I thought that if it didn’t work, at least I would learn a lot in the process. And I have.

]]> By: tennis_fan28 http://www.techsoapbox.com/the-way-things-can-tangle-and-my-google-is-fast/#comment-14667 tennis_fan28 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:02:32 +0000 http://www.techsoapbox.com/the-way-things-can-tangle-and-my-google-is-fast/#comment-14667 Hi Ahmed, sorry for posting the incorrect info in WW. I honestly can't remember when I came across iBegin, only that it was a few months after it launched, before Ottawa went up. I had an idea to start a large Google Maps mashup back when CNN first posted an article about Google Maps hacks and the first ones were Craigs List and crime maps. I saw iBegin and that it was only in Toronto at the time and then Ottawa, then Kalamazoo and then Nashville. It wasn't until I saw Source that I began to sweat thinking someone had the same idea and did a much better and faster job (though it does help to have a team and I am working on this in my spare time...lol). I saw other sites like Yelp and I had no idea where the freak you guys got your information. I totally commend you for doing such a great job and sharing with everyone just how you got it. Hi Ahmed, sorry for posting the incorrect info in WW. I honestly can’t remember when I came across iBegin, only that it was a few months after it launched, before Ottawa went up.

I had an idea to start a large Google Maps mashup back when CNN first posted an article about Google Maps hacks and the first ones were Craigs List and crime maps. I saw iBegin and that it was only in Toronto at the time and then Ottawa, then Kalamazoo and then Nashville. It wasn’t until I saw Source that I began to sweat thinking someone had the same idea and did a much better and faster job (though it does help to have a team and I am working on this in my spare time…lol). I saw other sites like Yelp and I had no idea where the freak you guys got your information. I totally commend you for doing such a great job and sharing with everyone just how you got it.

]]> By: Ahmed http://www.techsoapbox.com/the-way-things-can-tangle-and-my-google-is-fast/#comment-13192 Ahmed Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:28:30 +0000 http://www.techsoapbox.com/the-way-things-can-tangle-and-my-google-is-fast/#comment-13192 Yeah I know Brett doesn't want any one else crawling - He talks about it in his robots.txt blog :) Didn't even realize you guys had RSS results for the searches - time to subscribe :) Yeah I know Brett doesn’t want any one else crawling - He talks about it in his robots.txt blog :)

Didn’t even realize you guys had RSS results for the searches - time to subscribe :)

]]> By: BoardTracker http://www.techsoapbox.com/the-way-things-can-tangle-and-my-google-is-fast/#comment-13185 BoardTracker Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:09:35 +0000 http://www.techsoapbox.com/the-way-things-can-tangle-and-my-google-is-fast/#comment-13185 Glad you think BoardTracker is the best board search engine! :) The reason we missed by a mile in this case is because we dont spider webmasterworld since their robots.txt forbids 'unauthorized' bots. We tried to contact the admin to see about getting authorized but no luck which is a shame. btw - BoardTracker v2 is also 'coming soon' ;) You can play with the (slow/buggy) beta at http://v2.boardtracker.com Glad you think BoardTracker is the best board search engine! :)

The reason we missed by a mile in this case is because we dont spider webmasterworld since their robots.txt forbids ‘unauthorized’ bots. We tried to contact the admin to see about getting authorized but no luck which is a shame.

btw - BoardTracker v2 is also ‘coming soon’ ;) You can play with the (slow/buggy) beta at http://v2.boardtracker.com

]]> By: Randomness - Tech Soapbox http://www.techsoapbox.com/the-way-things-can-tangle-and-my-google-is-fast/#comment-13141 Randomness - Tech Soapbox Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:40:58 +0000 http://www.techsoapbox.com/the-way-things-can-tangle-and-my-google-is-fast/#comment-13141 [...] My last post was on the randomness of how a search let me to find out about other people discussing one of our companies. [...] [...] My last post was on the randomness of how a search let me to find out about other people discussing one of our companies. [...]

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