http://mashable.disqus.com/Internet and Technology News - Mashable is the world’s largest blog focused exclusively on Web 2.0 and Social Networking news. With more than 5 million monthly pageviews, Mashable is the most prolific blog reviewing new Web sites and services, publishing breaking news on what’s new on the web.enMon, 06 Oct 2008 12:34:24 -0000http://mashable.com/2008/10/06/hakia-librarians/#comment-6021742<p>"For those of us who prefer to do our own sorting, Hakia won’t be the answer," (I would be one who'd rather vet my own search results, but that doesn't mean the site wouldn't work for someone else)</p>Leslie PostonMon, 06 Oct 2008 12:34:24 -0000http://mashable.com/2008/10/06/hakia-librarians/#comment-6021741<p>This is pretty disgusting. Nowhere does it indicate that it pays for professional quality work. Google pays its quality raters $14-20 an hour part-time. Yahoo hires internal web analysts on staff for a little over 30k to start. This is not a free job like the website is suggesting. This site will always be limited, because it assumes that information professionals do not value their time. Now you are talking about saying your search results will be high quality, actually from masters level trained people.</p><p>When you ask someone to rate something based on your professional skills, it is a professional activity. I have done searches for people on pay for searching the internet. Nowhere do they list hiring librarians on staff, yet they claim that you can become a free club member and provide reliable engaged search results for free of course. The whole site is very condescending.</p>Book CalendarMon, 06 Oct 2008 12:18:58 -0000