Jason Calacanis' response to Aaron Wall

Post by bobbyi » Mon, Feb 01, 2010, 12:25 AM UTC

dschobel wrote: post #19

jeff18 wrote: post #11

I like how on Hacker News, Calacanis was getting his throat bitten out by Aaron and the community, while he was trying to feebly defend himself and do damage control. However, when you read this article, it makes them sound like great friends, and it reads as if Mahalo is this awesome little indie site that wants the community to help. I especially love the comment by Dorfman reinforcing how he was ecstatic about Aar…

Calacanis is obviously a smart guy and a master of controlling the perception. He may get away with the ignorance alibi just yet because the SEO aspect is technically nuanced enough that most people won't understand it.

Post by aaronwall » Mon, Feb 01, 2010, 1:10 AM UTC

petercooper wrote: post #20

elsewhen wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i agree that mahalo is not doing anything illegal, the simple point is their actions are unethical. scraping content is allowed under fair use, but going the extra step of nofollowing is an intentional attempt to use someone else's content without passing pagerank. it is a deliberate attempt to outrank the sources. this is pretty much akin to a mid-level manager taking credit for the work performed by one of the peop…

it is a deliberate attempt to outrank the sources. Of course it is. That's like saying Obama's presidential campaign was a deliberate attempt to win the election. The issue, though, is that Mahalo could not rank higher than original sources unless Google is doing a shoddy job of indexing the Web. Just because Mahalo has a few good pages doesn't mean the rest should automatically be trusted. Google need to figure that…