Spock needs some help. The model is interesting, but it will take a bit of time and help to get over the tipping point. One BIG problem... multiple iterations (and different content) for the same person/entity.
David Somerset
· 2 years ago
Not NEARLY as interesting as WikiYou...
Jaideep Singh
· 2 years ago
Dear VentureBeat Readers,
After a very successful private beta, we launched the Spock public beta today with great fanfare. During the private beta period we created a strong community of users, bloggers, and reviewers. For this we are very grateful.
In anticipation of our public beta launch, we had catered for peak capacity of 100 page views a second, which translates to 300 million page views a month. However, since this morning we have been getting a consistent request rate of 300 to 400 page views a second, which translates to nearly 1 billion page views a month.
Although this level of demand is gratifying, we sincerely apologize for not being able to serve it all. The entire Spock team is working hard to add more capacity today and tomorrow. Please bear with us while we add more bandwidth to meet the needs of our global user base.
Sincerely, Jaideep Singh Co-founder & CEO
Dee
· 2 years ago
Someone in marketing and advertising needs a raise. I can't get the site to load. Keep up the good work. Some initial bumps in the road were expected.
Martin Levy
· 2 years ago
At every turn there is a request for login/password for other services like LinkedIn or Plaxo or whatever. This worries me.
The value of having self auditing of content is fine, but I don't agree with the "cheap way out" of collecting everyone’s passwords. I expects the smarts to be done by Spock.com vs. me. Plus... never give out you password... Never.
Finally, I would say that the potential is there. It's as slow as molasses and could do with a face lift already... Didn't anyone learn anything from Flickr and its very clean interfaces?
Martin
Brian Galovits
· 2 years ago
I applaud Spock for a great idea and vision; it will be interesting to watch how the user base can affect the tags for searches and how this will change searching all together. For a business-person search that saves time Broadlook Technologies' Diver is a great way to find people. Diver extracts the contact information from the links returned from search engines, eliminating the need to click on every result to find contacts. Broadlook offers a short overview video and free trial here:Diver
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After a very successful private beta, we launched the Spock public beta today with great fanfare. During the private beta period we created a strong community of users, bloggers, and reviewers. For this we are very grateful.
In anticipation of our public beta launch, we had catered for peak capacity of 100 page views a second, which translates to 300 million page views a month. However, since this morning we have been getting a consistent request rate of 300 to 400 page views a second, which translates to nearly 1 billion page views a month.
Although this level of demand is gratifying, we sincerely apologize for not being able to serve it all. The entire Spock team is working hard to add more capacity today and tomorrow. Please bear with us while we add more bandwidth to meet the needs of our global user base.
Sincerely,
Jaideep Singh
Co-founder & CEO
The value of having self auditing of content is fine, but I don't agree with the "cheap way out" of collecting everyone’s passwords. I expects the smarts to be done by Spock.com vs. me. Plus... never give out you password... Never.
Finally, I would say that the potential is there. It's as slow as molasses and could do with a face lift already... Didn't anyone learn anything from Flickr and its very clean interfaces?
Martin
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