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Search 2.0 vs. Traditional Search
ReadWriteWeb writes "Ebrahim Ezzy reviews 5 new third-generation search technologies — and how they compare to the big guns of Google, Yahoo and MSN. These so-called "search 2.0" companies are combining the scalability of existing internet search engines with new and improved relevancy models; they bring into the equation user preferences, collaboration, collective intelligence, a rich user experience, and many other specialized capabilities. The new search engines profiled are Swicki, Rollyo, Clusty, Wink and Lexxe." Note, as the article points out, that the author has developed yet another search engine, called Qube.
I asked it a simple question. And it responded. Here is the efficient answer that must surely have Google quaking in its boots:
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
My confident prediction for search 3.0 engines will be TinkyWinky, Dipsi, Lala and Po.
Well, I'm off to eat Food 2.0 now and after that I'm going to Take A Dump 2.0
Am I the only one who's getting tired of this trend of tagging on 2.0 to everything? It's stupid. Searching is still essentially the same way as before, it's not like a magic robot comes out of the screen or anything.
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As long as "Lesbian Porn" return plenty of varied and releveant hits
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
Move along nothing to see here. People don't want flash based 2.0 web searchs, they want to use a search engine as a spring board. You hop on and 2 clicks later you hop off to your location. When you start adding an interface beyond basic input and 12 million adverts around it (hello yahoo), you lose the entire point of using a search engine to find what you want quickly.
Keep it clean and keep it simple, that's all you need for a good interface in most cases.
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Note, as the article points out, that the author has developed yet another search engine, called Qube.
Apparently he's also working on Buzzword 2.0.
From the Qube home page: AdRoll program aims to enable a new medium that allows free, point based advertising in a proactive manner
With synergy! Concordantly!! Vis-a-vis!!!
I just don't see any of these names becoming verbs.
..., a rich user experience, ...
Well, right there's one of the warning phrases.
One of the big reasons for google's success is that it doesn't give you a "rich user experience". The main web page is utterly plain and simple. You type in a word or phrase. You get back a page with a lot more text, but its layout is again simple and obvious. Granted, you can click the "advanced search" and see something more complicated. But they've carefully hidden the "rich user interface" behind something that's simple and obvious.
Google's ads are an example of the same. No "rich" ads; just small, unobtrusive chunks of text. Nothing distracting and annoying, so people don't look for ways to turn them off.
I like wikipedia for the same reason. No flash or pizzazz; just simple, plain, easy to use, and informative.
When I see something touted with a phrase like "rich user experience", my natural reaction (after more than a decade of web use) is to shudder and go on to something that's more likely to be useful and informative.
Those who do study history are doomed to stand helplessly by while everyone else repeats it.
while these are clever ideas, and do indeed provide a slightly different spin on the traditional search engine, I believe that they will not have much hope of ever taking a bite out of google or yahoo. I mean, I just went through the process of creating a Swicki, and while the interface is nice... it is a lot of work.
I still think that the niche search engines are more viable not so much as alternatives to google or yahoo, but as an almost adjunct. Like the site I volunteer for, Diysearch.com, yeah it will never replace the majors, and it isn't intended to do, but because its subject-matter focused, the search results and relevancy are that much higher than what you'd get from a google or a yahoo.
I have no idea if subject-matter focus is the most viable route in terms of focusing search results, but Diysearch.com has been around for a decade and its doing quite well.
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they bring into the equation user preferences, collaboration, collective intelligence, a rich user experience, and many other specialized capabilities
The only "rich user experience" I want from my search engine is to experience a set of results rich in accuracy, without any other bullshit. Unfortunately I suspect this guys idea of "rich user experience" is mostly the kind of crap I want to avoid.
Oh no... it's the future.