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Goby's local search engine is possibly the best we've ever used. - scott gilbertson, webmonkey (wired digital)

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Wall Street Journal - Katherine Boehret - ?Oct 20, 2009?
This week, I tested a tool called Goby (pronounced go-be), www.goby.com, which works as an activity search engine to help you find things to do. ...
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msnbc.com - Oct 13, 2009
Launched last month, Goby is an activity/event/adventure search engine predicated on the three Ws: What (do you want to do), Where (do you want to do it) ...
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Mashable - Christina Warren - Oct 12, 2009
Quick Pitch: Goby is a search engine focused on exploring new things to do with your free time, from taking a unique vacation to creating this weekend's ...
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Lifehacker - Jason Fitzpatrick - Oct 11, 2009
Give Goby a rough idea what you want to do and it scours calendars, event listings, directories, and more to bring you relevant information about everything ...
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CNET News - Larry Magid - Oct 9, 2009
Goby is a new search engine designed to answer the age old question, "what is there to do for fun around here?" Goby.com is designed ...
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23 Sep 2009 by Scott Gilbertson
Goby is new search engine designed to help you find something to do. The site searches across hundreds of websites and pulls in thousands of results pointing ...
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Thrillist - september 24, 2009
The Leather District-based brainchild of five online gurus with a combined 15 Interweb startups, Goby is a new search engine born in an MIT lab (after a ..
Appscout (subscription) - Oct 5, 2009
If you're looking for something to do this weekend, whether you're looking for nightlife or you want a nice spot to go hiking, Goby can help you find what's ...
BlackBook Magazine - Bryce Longton - Sep 25, 2009
A neat website launched yesterday, and it's called Goby (Go-Be). The design is clearly inspired by Google, and the Goby fish logo makes the whole thing cute ...
KillerStartups.com (blog) - Sep 24, 2009
Goby is a new search engine. Actually, the best denomination for it would be a "decision engine", because it lets you carry out very specific searches ...
VentureBeat - Sep 23, 2009
Goby, a new startup based in Boston doesn't consider itself just another travel site. Rather than offering plane tickets and hotel rooms, Goby's selling ...
PC World - Harry McCracken - Sep 23, 2009
Starting now, you can look to Goby, a new search engine that launched Tuesday night. Rather than trying to beat Google at its own game, Goby is trying to be ...
Budget Travel - Sean O'Neill - Sep 23, 2009
Goby (GO-be) launched today as a clever search engine for finding fun activities to do in neighborhoods throughout the 50 states. ...
CNET News - Josh Lowensohn - Sep 22, 2009
New search engine Goby is launching Tuesday night, and unlike Microsoft's Bing, or Hunch, Goby really is a "decision engine"--enabling ...
Search Engine Land - Elisabeth Osmeloski - Sep 22, 2009
Coming out of (private) and into public Beta today is a new hybrid travel and local search engine, Goby.com (GO-be), a new entrant into the foray of "deep ...
Xconomy - Wade Roush - Sep 22, 2009
It's Friday, the weekend is beckoning, and you've got your Web browser open. As much as we'd love it if you spent the weekend reading Xconomy, there's now a ...
Mass High Tech - Galen Moore - Sep 22, 2009
Mark Watkins and Michael Stonebraker are building a search engine - but they're not taking on Google, Watkins said. ...
Boston Globe - Scott Kirsner - Sep 19, 2009
And a new company, Goby, plans to take the wraps off its site this week. The oldest of the companies, Cambridge-based ITA, was founded in 1996 by Jeremy ...
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press release - sep 23, 2009
Create Your Next Adventure Close to Home or Anywhere in the USA Using Goby's Unique What, Where and When Search Engine