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What the heck is an interest graph? Pearltrees raises $6.6M to show us

What the heck is an interest graph? Pearltrees raises $6.6M to show us
Social curation startup Pearltrees has just sealed a deal for €5 million (around $6.6 million), all in the name of creating a better interest graph. Much is being made in current social media circles of the “interest graph” concept, which is more about what you know than who you know, and which purportedly has strong connections to purchase intent and other matters of concern to online marketers. Put differently, while social networks like Facebook focus on what you have in common with your friends and how you react to friends’ recommendations, interest graph-based models (like the ones behind Pinterest, GetGlue or Foodspotting) make social connections based on shared interests, not the other way around. “Pearltrees has leveraged social curation to create an open and collaborative interest graph of the Web,” said Pearltrees CEO Patrice Lamothe in a release. “As a consequence, Pearltrees harnesses the power of people to organize and discover the most valuable content on the web”, he said. Related:  PEARLTREES

Pearltrees Brings Your Interest Graph' to the iPad One of the more buzzword-y buzzwords in Silicon Valley right now is the "interest graph," which is supposed to connect people and the topics that they're interested in. Lots of startups promise to tap into the interest graph, but Pearltrees CEO Patrice Lamothe says a new app from his startup is "maybe the first time you actually see an interest graph." The new feature, which Lamothe variously describes as "visual discovery" (his pitch to the tech press) and "related interests" (what it's actually called in the app), is included in the just-launched iPad application from the previously Web-only company. That kind of self-deprecation from a startup CEO is a little strange, except that the Pearltrees iPad app is pretty impressive. Over time, all of that activity (Pearltrees claims to have 200,000 users who have created more than 10 million bookmarks, called "pearls") has created a vast amount of data on how different topics are related.

Pearltrees – Social Bookmarking und steigender Verwaltungsaufwand Nachdem ich vor kurzem erst den auf Blog-Empfehlungen spezialisierten Dienst Readport näher betrachtet habe, möchte ich heute einen Blick auf den Empfehlungsdienst Pearltrees werfen. Ich bin eher zufällig über ein Video auf diesen französischen Webservice aufmerksam geworden, der vor allem durch die mindmapartige Visualisierung gespeicherter Bookmarks attraktiv wirkt. Die mit Flash realisierte visuelle Attraktivität dient auch weniger dem einfachen Ablegen als dem Organisieren von Webinhalten. Insofern ist Pearltrees nicht einfach nur ein neuartiger Bookmarkingservice, sondern eher ein Webcontent-Verwaltungssystem mit einer Social Media Komponente. Beides, das individuelle Organisieren und die Möglichkeit, dadurch mit Nutzern in Verbindung gebracht zu werden, die ähnliche Interessen haben, bildet die Grundlage für Neuentdeckungen. Es gibt mehrere Varianten, neu entdeckte Webinhalte zunächst einmal zu speichern. Pearltrees – coole flashbasierte Visualisierung von Favoriten. Gefällt mir:

Pearltrees on Wikipedia Pearltrees refers to itself as "a place for your interests".[8] Functionally the product is a visual and collaborative curation tool[9][10][11][12] that allows users to organize, explore and share any URL they find online as well as to upload personal photos, files and notes.[13] The product features a unique visual interface[14][15] that allows users to drag and organize collected URLs, and other digital objects.[16] that themselves can be further organized into collections and sub-collections,[17] (URLs). Users of the product can also engage in social/collaborative curation using a feature called Pearltrees Teams.[18] Pearltrees was founded by Patrice Lamothe, CEO,[22] Alain Cohen, CTO,[23] Nicolas Cynober, Technical Director,[24] Samuel Tissier, Ergonomy/UI[25] and Francois Rocaboy, CMO.[26] History[edit] Development of Pearltrees began in 2007. In July 2012 Pearltrees launched their iPhone app. Pearltrees introduced Pearltrees 2.0 on May 22nd, 2014. Usage[edit] Privacy[edit]

untitled Pearltrees App: A Virtual Bookmarking Tool "Cultivate Your Interests" How many websites do you find, that actually let you do that in a glitch free manner? A handful probably. Pearltrees is one exception in this case. But what does Pearltrees exactly do? A company that claims to be the first to "provide an exposed interest graph", it is nothing but a highly organized bookmarking tool. b. c. Before you start Pearling, you need to sign up for a valid account. As of now Pearltrees's Pearler is compatible on almost all well known browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari and Explorer. One can add pearls, by simply copying a URL from the Web and click on "add a pearl". In other words, you can manually create new pearls, by using the horizontal window pane at the page's botton with buttons that hand out details about the pearls A pop up window appears where you give the branch a name of your choice. For example, when you are looking for a certain topic. The app has a nicely configured notification functionality. a. b.

Pearltrees rolls out V1.0 with its Premium Membership Just a few months after we sat down with Pearltrees CEO Patrice LaMothe for an interview about their topping of the US iPhone AppStore, Pearltrees have today announced that their social library has launched it’s v1.0, and is rolling out the long-awaited business model. Pearltrees’ launch is decorated with a few interesting figures: 700,000 collaborators creating 30 million pearls, which attracted 2 million UVs this past month. Currently, any pearl that is created is available for public eyes: your list of tech blogs, photos of your trip to Spain, etc. The premium membership will be available for $4.99/month or $49.99/year, and will provide provide the same level of access on desktop, iPhone, and iPad. Given that the company has raised a total of $11.9M over the past few years, this may be good news for investors.

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