Sheth wound up our pleasant lunch of gyros and Greek salad with a wrap on Taalee:

"There are two basically important things about Taalee," he concluded. "One is that this is the first time we have achieved understanding of the content on a highly scaleable manner. The second is that a comprehensive file structure that can be rendered as services for asset management and cataloguing for our customers, for search and personalization of directories. Taalee is not a single technology or a single application company like many of the search engines are. Its core infrastructure eyes every piece of content, user interest, and e-commerce opportunity and relates it to any of the different applications related to usage and monetization of content.

Some Examples

To find out how it's beginning to be used - and it is by no means fully implemented yet -- you can check it out at: Redband Broadcasting - a spin-off of the LookSmart 'super' portal. Taalee powers the cataloging and search capabilities of Redband.com. Redband's audio programs are delivered over the extensive Internet distribution network of LookSmart, AltaVista and Sony Music Entertainment, as well as third-party web sites. Taalee also powers AWZ.com, a portal community for teens by teens.