Slangwho

Slangwho, Inc.
Type Private
Founded September 1, 2009 (2009-09-01)
Founder(s) John S. Shriber
Roman Zaks
Sasha A. Tcherevkoff
Headquarters Tribeca, New York, United States
Area served Worldwide
Industry Internet, Social Media
Employees 20
Website http://www.slangwho.com/
Alexa rank 82,481[1]
Type of site Social Search Engine
Registration Optional
Launched March 1, 2010 (2010-03-01) in Private Beta

Slangwho is a social search engine that is operated and privately owned by Slangwho, Inc.[2]

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History

Slangwho, Inc. was founded by John S. Shriber, Roman Zaks, and Sasha A. Tcherevkoff on September 1, 2009. Slangwho.com launched live to a private group of beta testers on March 1, 2010.[3]

Overview

In 2009, Slangwho leased office space in TriBeCa,[4] and launched a series of videos on vimeo.com called “Black Box Series”[5] directed by Italian filmmaker Aaron Chiesa.[6] “The videos were a commentary on the ‘black box’ algorithms used by most search engines to determine search results. Slangwho’s search results are determined by users."[2] This new social search engine has grabbed the attention of big search engines Google and IAC (owners of Ask.com), because technologists say that Google is broken, and people-powered search like Slangwho[2] is the best fix.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Slangwho, alexa.com. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c Top Secret 'People-Powered' Search Engine Slangwho.com Launching Soon, businessinsider.com. May 1, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
  3. ^ Slangwho People Powered Search Engine Challenges Google, quickonlinetips.com. May 2, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
  4. ^ Leave us be!, nypost.com. September 16, 2009. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
  5. ^ Slangwho Videos, vimeo.com/slangwho. May 4, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
  6. ^ Aaron Chiesa, aaronchiesa.com. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
  7. ^ Humans vs. automated search: Why people power is cool again, cnn.com. January 13, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2011.

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