[PW] What Happened to gethuman.com?

[Charles Early]

Unfortunately, neither of the sites you suggest is the one I have in 
mind.  Here's a sample of the database I'm talking about (the first few 
lines copied from the Google cached versions):

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gethuman 500 database

[ <http://gethuman.com/>Home | <http://gethuman.com/tips.html>Tips | 
<http://groups.google.com/group/gethuman>Discuss | 
<http://gethuman.com/standard/>Standard | 
<http://gethuman.com/standard/consult.html>Consulting | 
<http://gethuman.com/sitemap.html>Sitemap ]

Click to rate any company below. Press Ctrl-F to search. See 
<http://gethuman.com/key.html>table key, 
<http://gethuman.com/print.html>alphabetic listing for printing, 
<http://groups.google.com/group/gethuman>other companies.

<http://gethuman.com/index.html#credit>credit 
<http://gethuman.com/index.html#finance>finance 
<http://gethuman.com/index.html#government>government 
<http://gethuman.com/index.html#hardware>hardware 
<http://gethuman.com/index.html#insurance>insurance 
<http://gethuman.com/index.html#internet>internet 
<http://gethuman.com/index.html#mobile>mobile 
<http://gethuman.com/index.html#pharmacy>pharmacy 
<http://gethuman.com/index.html#products>products 
<http://gethuman.com/index.html#shipping>shipping 
<http://gethuman.com/index.html#software>software 
<http://gethuman.com/index.html#stores>stores 
<http://gethuman.com/index.html#telco>telco 
<http://gethuman.com/index.html#travel>travel 
<http://gethuman.com/index.html#tv/satellite>tv/satellite
us automotive
                                 grade           contact         get human 
customer service
<http://gethuman.com/rate.cgi?id=3727&url=ww2.aaa.com>AAA 
F               800 222 4357    Press 0 at each prompt, ignoring messages.
<http://gethuman.com/rate.cgi?id=4981&url=www.alamo.com>Alamo 
D               800 462 5266    Direct to human.
<http://gethuman.com/rate.cgi?id=988&url=www.allstate.com>Allstate Motor 
Club             B 
<http://www.allstate.com/ContactUs/pagerender.asp?page=main.htm>800 869 
7997    Direct to human.
<http://gethuman.com/rate.cgi?id=5054&url=www.autozone.com/>Auto 
Zone                       F 
<http://www.autozone.com/servlet/UiBroker?UseCase=FB001&UserAction=viewContactUs>800 
288 6966    Press 1; at prompt press 2; at prompt press 0.
<http://gethuman.com/rate.cgi?id=4982&url=www.avis.com>Avis 
F 
<http://www.avis.com/AvisWeb/JSP/US/en/customerservice/cs_landing.jsp>800 
230 4898    Press 2.
<http://gethuman.com/rate.cgi?id=4914&url=www.bmwusa.com>BMW 
F               <http://www.bmwusa.com/contact/default>800 831 1117    Say 
"customer relations" and then press 1 for
                                                                 "vehicle" 
or 2 for "motorcycle."
<http://gethuman.com/rate.cgi?id=4485&url=www.budget.com>Budget Rent a 
Car               B 
<https://www.budget.com/budgetWeb/feedback/feedbackrouter.ex?feedbackhome=display%E2%80%91contactus>800 
527 0700    Press 0.
....
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At 12:14 PM 9/11/2007, you wrote:
>Try www.gethuman.org
>
>(It seems to want the www)
>
>and also:

Try www.getahuman.com

(Get A human)



>-----Original Message-----
>From: project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org
>[mailto:project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On Behalf Of
>Charles Early
>Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 8:36 AM
>To: list at project-wombat.org
>Subject: [PW] What Happened to gethuman.com?
>
>Some time ago I learned about the useful site http://gethuman.com/.  As
>described in Librarians' Internet Index (2007-02-15):
>
>  >>
>This website features a list of consumer service telephone numbers and
>tips
>for how to get to speak to a person. The  company lists also include a
>letter grade and are browsable by category, such as automotive, credit,
>finance, insurance, products, and travel. The site includes a
>description
>of how grades are assigned, a blog, and discussion forums. From a
>consumer
>advocate and other volunteers.
><<
>
>When I tried to visit gethuman a few minutes ago I was redirected to
>http://www.kayak.com/, a travel search engine.  At the moment Google
>still
>has a cached copy of the site retrieved on September 7.  Gethuman and
>Kayak
>were both founded by the same person
>(http://www.behance.com/Featured/Articles/Paul-English-Getting-Human/552
>4),
>but I don't see any explanation for gethuman's disappearance on the
>Kayak
>site.
>
>This seems odd. Has anybody heard any rumors?
>
>
>Charles Early
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Charles Early
Library, Code 272                       (301) 286-0887, Fax (301) 286-8218
Goddard Space Flight Center             Charles.T.Early at nasa.gov
Greenbelt, MD 20771                     Library Associates of Maryland, LLC
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