Comments on: Ex-Googlers Launch Likaholix, a Curated Web Startup

By: With MyLikes.com, Ex-Googlers Want to Build the Next AdSense | Dawson Barber | Internet Marketing Solutions

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:26:16 +0000

[...] that’s decidedly not scammy, MyLikes started out by building a consumer product, Likaholix (see Om’s write-up from March). “We were afraid that if we started an ad product with no consumer product, people [...]

By: With MyLikes.com, Ex-Googlers Want to Build the Next AdSense – GigaOM

With MyLikes.com, Ex-Googlers Want to Build the Next AdSense – GigaOM — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:16:05 +0000

[...] decidedly not scammy, MyLikes started out by building a consumer product, Likaholix (see Om’s write-up from March). “We were afraid that if we started an ad product with no consumer product, [...]

By: Likaholix might be likable but is it memorable? — Shooting at Bubbles

Likaholix might be likable but is it memorable? — Shooting at Bubbles — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:36:35 +0000

[...] be gathered and potentially drive a very nice recommendation based revenue stream much like both Om Malik and Philipp Lenssen suggested in their posts about the [...]

By: Likaholix « Ms12’s Weblog

Likaholix « Ms12’s Weblog — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:40:26 +0000

[...] Louis Gray: Ex-Googlers Launch Likaholix, a Curated Web Startup (via delicious) (gigaom.com) [...]

By: Likaholix | MarshalSandler.com | MarshalSandler.com

Likaholix | MarshalSandler.com | MarshalSandler.com — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:16:12 +0000

[...] Louis Gray: Ex-Googlers Launch Likaholix, a Curated Web Startup (via delicious) (gigaom.com) [...]

By: Likaholix - Monthly Beta Contest-

Likaholix - Monthly Beta Contest- — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:52:37 +0000

[...] Louis Gray: Ex-Googlers Launch Likaholix, a Curated Web Startup (via delicious) (gigaom.com) [...]

By: Saurabh Kaushik

Saurabh Kaushik — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:53:05 +0000

I would prefer this experience within my present platforms like Facebook, MySpace or Orkut or my FireFox browser. Going for this service to another website is NO NO. :(

And I think Facebook already has it.

This is usual trap for most XGs try to beat their father at his game. ;)

By: Bindu Reddy

Bindu Reddy — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:50:08 +0000

Hey Dave,

Likaholix has a large entity database and semantic matching of entities to provide you with personalized recommendations and make liking of stuff really simple. I am not sure you can say that you could build a site like that in 8 hours. In fact, I wish it was that simple

By: catalonia

catalonia — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:26:04 +0000

It does sound like some “ex google dudes make it big” story but hey it’s early days and we have to give them the benefit of the doubt, right?

By: dave

dave — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:44:43 +0000

yawn – doesn’t sound particularly original – instead this sounds like another “some guys from google made it” story – is that really enough to merit coverage? there are FAR more interesting things going on….perhaps video ad tech, virtualization, zimbra blowing past gmail, kumo, yahoo shuffles, ad.com reorgs….must be something mo’ bettah…

this is not a company making product, this is just another “feature” company praying to appear on somebody else’s product roadmap – but my gut says that facebook or google could replicate this in about 8 hours, perhaps even during lunch with a solid team….

By: Yetanothertechie

Yetanothertechie — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:14:20 +0000

Sounds similar to http://www.fanpop.com.

By: Bindu Reddy

Bindu Reddy — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:15:37 +0000

Hey SiliconAngel,

There are a total of 3K beta invites that we are giving away today. Giga Om has 200 and so do a couple of other blogs. Once the beta invites run out we hope to than simply grow the beta version of the service through beta users inviting their friends.

Thanks
Bindu

By: Likaholix, Maybe Could Have Been « SiliconAngle

Likaholix, Maybe Could Have Been « SiliconAngle — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:56:01 +0000

[...] sign up page says they are giving away approximately 3,000 invites. In this article here, they were giving away 200 of them. Somehow, I have a feeling there are more to be had, as I was [...]

By: Kipp Bodnar

Kipp Bodnar — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:07:51 +0000

Agreed, I think they have a solid start, but they are still missing something. Added integration with other services is probably it. If I “like” a TV show on Likaholix, I want the latest episode of it from Hulu to be embedded with my like for example. I know they are just getting started but if they can integrate it well, I will be an active user.