The Nanocrowd beta site has launched!

We havejust launched the first example of our new technology at work. We collected millions of viewer comments about movies and analyzed them to understand what people think. Based solely on those comments, we rate movies, organize them, and recommend similar ones. We listen to the crowd so you can find your place in it

Nanocrowd is a group of nerds who wondered about a couple things:

* With all the viewer commentary about movies, why is it so hard to get a sense of what movies I’ll enjoy?
* When I go to movie sites to find a movie, why don’t their recommendations make sense?

We decided to put those two things together and use movie commentary to recommend movies people would like.

Our approach is new and different. We write magical search algorithms that interpret comments people like you have written about movies. No editors. No movie critics. We analyze the millions of viewer comments from all over the Web to gain exciting insights into what movies are really about and what people think of them. Based on those insights, we find movies that you’d like to watch.

So, have fun, find movies, and let us know what you think. You can read more about us and send comments on our blog. Tell your friends so they can tell their friends, and so on, and so on.

This is our beta site. It gives you a preview of our movie search engine. We’ll be updating our movie list and adding new features like searching by nanogenre words, searching by actors, directors, writers, and searching based on your Netflix queue. We have lots of ideas and would love to hear your feedback and ideas too.

Soon we will offer registered users a place to keep their own list, Netflix integration, customized movie recommendations and more. For now, please sign up for our mailing list, and we will keep you informed about our site and new features. Source: Nanocrowd

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