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. Of course, Google reset the benchmark for search several years ago, which led to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary listing of the company’s name as a transitive verb. There is little doubt, though, among researchers and entrepreneurs in this space that one day Google will be competing with other providers.
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The Future of Search: Reaching for a Piece of Google’s Pie, Part 1
Posted by: Erika Morphy February 25, 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. Of course, Google reset the benchmark for search several years ago, which led to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary listing of the company’s name as a transitive verb. There is little doubt, though, among researchers and entrepreneurs in this space that one day Google will be competing with other providers.