Last year, when Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced plans to launch a new search engine in the first half of 2007, everyday users of this now ubiquitous tool wondered what Wales could do that Google couldn’t. However, the search engine community knew better. Google may be an official verb in the dictionary, but the conventional wisdom is that the search engine giant can’t dominate the field indefinitely. Universities, startups and even established players are experimenting with new technologies in the hopes of establishing a foothold in the next generation of search.
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The Future of Search: Reaching for a Piece of Google’s Pie, Part 2
Posted by: Erika Morphy March 6, 2007 04:00 AMLast year, when Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced plans to launch a new search engine in the first half of 2007, everyday users of this now ubiquitous tool wondered what Wales could do that Google couldn’t. However, the search engine community knew better. Google may be an official verb in the dictionary, but the conventional wisdom is that the search engine giant can’t dominate the field indefinitely. Universities, startups and even established players are experimenting with new technologies in the hopes of establishing a foothold in the next generation of search.