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Mahalo.com is a web directory (or human search engine) and Internet-based knowledge exchange (question and answer site) launched in alpha test in May 2007 by Jason Calacanis. It differentiates itself from algorithmic search engines like Google and Ask.com, as well as other directory sites like DMOZ and Yahoo! by tracking and building hand-crafted result sets for many of the currently popular search terms. The company also develops mobile apps. ''Mahalo'' means "thank you" in Hawaiian. Mahalo.com President Jason Rapp exited the company in September, 2012. == Directory == Mahalo.com's directory contracts human editors to review websites and write search engine results pages that include text listings, as well as other media, such as photos and video. Each Mahalo search results page includes links to the top seven sites, as well as other categorized information, and additional web pages from Google.〔 The company also pays freelancers to create pages for piecework compensation. The pages are approved by contract quality control site members on the QC Team prior to appearing in the main index.〔(CommsDay | The Home of the CommsDay Family of Newsletters and Events )〕〔(Mahalo Greenhouse )〕 Mahalo.com's approach is similar to that employed by Ask.com in 1998. Mahalo.com started with the top 4,000 search terms in popular categories like travel, entertainment, cars, food, health care and sports and was adding about 500 more terms per week with the goal of covering the top 10,000 by the end of 2007.〔〔 This goal had been exceeded when, in December 2007, Mahalo announced that its index has reached 25,000 pages, a year earlier than expected.〔(Mahalo breaks 25000 pages and announces creative commons license )〕〔(Mahalo releases social search service )〕 Mahalo.com also offers "how to" guides that contain instructions on popular topics in an editorial fashion. Mahalo.com will deliver results for less popular searches from Google. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mahalo.com」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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