Pikimal (pronounced as pick-em-all) was a website, designed as a
decision engine that uses consumer input to provide specialized search results for products and categories. It was founded by Eric Silver in 2010.
Unlike typical
search engines
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By content/topic
Gene ...
, Pikimal mines data to provide users with only the facts pertaining to their search, as a hopeful solution to
SEO and marketing biased search results.
As of April 2011, Pikimal had 13 full-time employees in Pittsburgh, PA, interns, and various contractors around the world.
History
Pikimal was founded in January 2010 by Eric Silver, previously the chief marketing officer at
Modcloth
ModCloth is an American online retailer of indie and vintage-inspired women's clothing based in Los Angeles.
History
Modcloth was founded in 2002 by Susan Gregg Koger and Eric Koger. Susan and Eric were students at Carnegie Mellon University an ...
. The Pikimal site was launched in
public beta
The software release life cycle is the process of developing, testing, and distributing a software product (e.g., an operating system). It typically consists of several stages, such as pre-alpha, alpha, beta, and release candidate, before the fi ...
form in October 2010.
Functionality
Pikimal allows users to adjust sliders to express what facts of a product are particularly important to them. These percentages are combined with an algorithm to provide users with product recommendations that are rooted directly in facts, but only the facts they find most relevant.
Pivot and Shutdown
In 2012, Pikimal changed its name to Webkite
and pivoted to provide faceted search solutions to other companies. As of September 2014, pikimal.com and all associated sites has been shut down.
References
External links
* {{official website, http://pikimal.com
Defunct internet search engines
Internet properties established in 2010
Knowledge markets
Companies based in Pittsburgh