Bob Truel
Encyclopedia
Bob Truel is a computer programmer. He met Rich Skrenta
in ninth grade in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania
and has since co-founded several internet
ventures with him and others, including the Open Directory Project
with Bryn Dole, Chris Tolles, and Jeremy Wenokur in 1998, Newhoo in 1998, Topix.net
with Tom and Michael Markson in 2002, and search engine
blekko
with Michael Markson in 2007.
Rich Skrenta
Richard "Rich" Skrenta is a computer programmer and Silicon Valley entrepreneur who created the search engine blekko....
in ninth grade in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Mt. Lebanon is a home rule municipality, formerly a township, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 33,137 at the 2010 census....
and has since co-founded several internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
ventures with him and others, including the Open Directory Project
Open Directory Project
The Open Directory Project , also known as Dmoz , is a multilingual open content directory of World Wide Web links. It is owned by Netscape but it is constructed and maintained by a community of volunteer editors.ODP uses a hierarchical ontology scheme for organizing site listings...
with Bryn Dole, Chris Tolles, and Jeremy Wenokur in 1998, Newhoo in 1998, Topix.net
Topix.net
Topix.net is a discussion board website. Topix LLC, the controlling company, has its headquarters in Palo Alto, California.Topix began as a news aggregator which categorizes news stories by topic and geography. It was created by Bryn Dole, Rich Skrenta, Bob Truel, Tom Markson, Mike Markson, and...
with Tom and Michael Markson in 2002, and search engine
Search engine
A search engine is an information retrieval system designed to help find information stored on a computer system. The search results are usually presented in a list and are commonly called hits. Search engines help to minimize the time required to find information and the amount of information...
blekko
Blekko
Blekko is a web search engine whose goal is to provide better search results than those offered by Google Search, by offering results culled from a set of 3 billion trusted websites and excluding material from such sites as content farms...
with Michael Markson in 2007.