Comments on: Hypertable looks really interesting from everything I’ve read but … http://laughingmeme.org/2008/04/20/hypertable-looks-really-interesting-from-everything-ive-read-but/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 18 May 2012 17:48:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ethan Stock http://laughingmeme.org/2008/04/20/hypertable-looks-really-interesting-from-everything-ive-read-but/comment-page-1/#comment-316252 Ethan Stock Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:48:02 +0000 http://laughingmeme.org/?p=3806#comment-316252 <p>Easy answer - we're a local search company, not a calendaring company. We view time as a crucial component of next-generation local search; one of the most significant of hundreds of factors that drive relevance and ad matching, for the benefit of both consumers and local businesses. It's worth noting that Google Calendar actually <em>is</em> an instance of BigTable, but our focus is on highly scalable complex analytic processes to deliver next-generation local search. Thus (among many other cool pieces of technology) Hypertable. </p> <p>If I were running a search service for a network of hundreds of unique media partners (check) across a broad range of localities (check) for a rapidly growing index composed of time-series information (check) and delivering relevance to broadly-expressed consumer intent requiring a great deal of behavioral analysis to do meaningful relevance (check) I'd need something like...? </p> <p>Hypertable.</p> <p>Cheers, Ethan Stock CEO Zvents</p> Easy answer – we’re a local search company, not a calendaring company. We view time as a crucial component of next-generation local search; one of the most significant of hundreds of factors that drive relevance and ad matching, for the benefit of both consumers and local businesses. It’s worth noting that Google Calendar actually is an instance of BigTable, but our focus is on highly scalable complex analytic processes to deliver next-generation local search. Thus (among many other cool pieces of technology) Hypertable.

If I were running a search service for a network of hundreds of unique media partners (check) across a broad range of localities (check) for a rapidly growing index composed of time-series information (check) and delivering relevance to broadly-expressed consumer intent requiring a great deal of behavioral analysis to do meaningful relevance (check) I’d need something like…?

Hypertable.

Cheers, Ethan Stock CEO Zvents

]]> By: Jon Sofield http://laughingmeme.org/2008/04/20/hypertable-looks-really-interesting-from-everything-ive-read-but/comment-page-1/#comment-316161 Jon Sofield Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:08:28 +0000 http://laughingmeme.org/?p=3806#comment-316161 <p>Your question is a very good one..... essentially and in my simple terms (I being a BD guy) is Zvents is not a calendaring company, rather we are a Local Search company...so we built Hypertable to allow us to do search better, just like our friends in MTV.</p> Your question is a very good one….. essentially and in my simple terms (I being a BD guy) is Zvents is not a calendaring company, rather we are a Local Search company…so we built Hypertable to allow us to do search better, just like our friends in MTV.

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