It’s difficult to imagine Google — the market maker and breaker of all things online-search related — ever being dislodged from its perch as king of the hill. If there were a company that could do so, it would most likely be another market maker — say, Microsoft. To be sure, Microsoft has made a number of attempts to crack the
search market, to limited success. However there has been buzz lately around its renovation of Live Search, codenamed “Kumo.”
Great article.
If we've learned one thing over the past few decades about technology breakthroughs, it is that genuine innovation occurs at the edge. In the context of search and search advertising, a look at the little guys is a great way to see where the big boys are headed.
Check out NeXplore Search: (www.NeXplore.com), an innovative Web 2.0 search engine optimized for a superior end-user experience, rich-media display and social network integration.
Barsch's comments on improved preview pane use in search are dead on. I don't believe any search engine's use of a preview pane is as advanced or as helpful as neXplore's.
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Will Kumo Find Google's Search Soft Spots?
Posted by: Erika Morphy May 20, 2009 11:46 AMIt’s difficult to imagine Google — the market maker and breaker of all things online-search related — ever being dislodged from its perch as king of the hill. If there were a company that could do so, it would most likely be another market maker — say, Microsoft. To be sure, Microsoft has made a number of attempts to crack the
search market, to limited success. However there has been buzz lately around its renovation of Live Search, codenamed “Kumo.”
If we've learned one thing over the past few decades about technology breakthroughs, it is that genuine innovation occurs at the edge. In the context of search and search advertising, a look at the little guys is a great way to see where the big boys are headed.
Check out NeXplore Search: (www.NeXplore.com), an innovative Web 2.0 search engine optimized for a superior end-user experience, rich-media display and social network integration.
Barsch's comments on improved preview pane use in search are dead on. I don't believe any search engine's use of a preview pane is as advanced or as helpful as neXplore's.