Comments on: Sphere Launches With New Cash http://gigaom.com/2006/05/01/sphere-launches-with-new-cash/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:44:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Personal Note: Conrad Got Mailed. - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2006/05/01/sphere-launches-with-new-cash/#comment-117560 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:37:21 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/05/01/sphere-launches-with-new-cash/#comment-117560 [...] at the time wanted to be a relevant blog search and had a working name: Yodel. After raising around $3.75 million in Series A funding, Sphere went through a sea-change, changed its business model, and instead of search started [...]

]]> By: Charlie Cacioppo http://gigaom.com/2006/05/01/sphere-launches-with-new-cash/#comment-117559 Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:53:59 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/05/01/sphere-launches-with-new-cash/#comment-117559 Seeing Scott Kurnits’ name attached to this venture is a good thing. Hopefully he has the input to make this thing happen. Met Scott early in the miningco/about.com days when his visions and marketing savvy, cobbled together a network of content and created a net respected destination.

I called this “Kurnit 2.0″.

]]> By: BangkokSteve http://gigaom.com/2006/05/01/sphere-launches-with-new-cash/#comment-117558 Fri, 05 May 2006 10:44:25 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/05/01/sphere-launches-with-new-cash/#comment-117558 If there is to be competition it may be around who has the better, smarter algorhythyms. The new webs will be built on them. Sphere’s first steps towards ‘filtering’ the web are great.

Forget about the web for a sec and note that individual communities have implicit algorhythyms (criterias) that build communities. Can these be programmed in the virtual world? Over time, organically, yes.

Perhaps Sphere can take a cue from American Idol — call it — ‘Website Ideal’! But the algorhythym works as it produces a Kelley Clarkson and a whole group of young talented singers.

It seems to be happening with the ranking thing naturally. Just needs to be centralized I guess.

]]> By: Andy http://gigaom.com/2006/05/01/sphere-launches-with-new-cash/#comment-117557 Wed, 03 May 2006 12:39:21 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/05/01/sphere-launches-with-new-cash/#comment-117557 can`t see any special features…

]]> By: China Law Blog http://gigaom.com/2006/05/01/sphere-launches-with-new-cash/#comment-117556 Wed, 03 May 2006 00:08:25 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/05/01/sphere-launches-with-new-cash/#comment-117556 Sphere is pretty cool, but I agree it is going to have a tough time displacing Google and Yahoo, and Technorati, and Ice Rocket, and Feedster, and …, but I do wish it luck.

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