http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/12/many-minigoogles/ by Jeff Jarvis Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:30:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/12/many-minigoogles/#comment-29415 Mark Johnson Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:34:19 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/12/many-minigoogles/#comment-29415 What if <a href="http://www.kosmix.com" rel="nofollow">Kosmix</a> were to search all categories? Then would we be a bunch of little things or would we be big like Google? I think that the power of an innovation like algorithmic web categorization is that you can scale from a couple of niches (like politics, travel, and health) to many niches very quickly. Note that most of the mini-"googles" like Oodle, SideStep, Trulia, and SimplyHired all search data that Google either doesn't search at all (e.g. SideStep) or doesn't do a good job of keeping current (e.g. Oodle). Where are the startups that challenge Google in <i>core search</i>. What if Kosmix were to search all categories? Then would we be a bunch of little things or would we be big like Google? I think that the power of an innovation like algorithmic web categorization is that you can scale from a couple of niches (like politics, travel, and health) to many niches very quickly. Note that most of the mini-”googles” like Oodle, SideStep, Trulia, and SimplyHired all search data that Google either doesn’t search at all (e.g. SideStep) or doesn’t do a good job of keeping current (e.g. Oodle). Where are the startups that challenge Google in core search.

]]> http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/12/many-minigoogles/#comment-29358 Stan G Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:22:16 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/12/many-minigoogles/#comment-29358 I absolutely agree with the mini-google concept. While the big guys have the resources to spider the web they do a poor job of delivering the results. Specialized search sites such as healthlinks can do a much better job of qualifying entries and eliminating redundancies making the searching experience much more rewarding. I would rather wait a few seconds longer and get what I'm looking for than have to wade through millions of non-relivent links I absolutely agree with the mini-google concept. While the big guys have the resources to spider the web they do a poor job of delivering the results. Specialized search sites such as healthlinks can do a much better job of qualifying entries and eliminating redundancies making the searching experience much more rewarding. I would rather wait a few seconds longer and get what I’m looking for than have to wade through millions of non-relivent links

]]> http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/12/many-minigoogles/#comment-29312 Steven Den Beste Mon, 13 Feb 2006 00:51:57 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/12/many-minigoogles/#comment-29312 The problem with your idea is economy of scale. The job of spidering the web is the same size no matter how big or small your subject space. If your subject space is large, you get more utility out of your spidering. If your subject space is small, you discard most of what you find, and the expense of locating it with your spider is a loss. The problem with your idea is economy of scale. The job of spidering the web is the same size no matter how big or small your subject space. If your subject space is large, you get more utility out of your spidering. If your subject space is small, you discard most of what you find, and the expense of locating it with your spider is a loss.

]]> http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/12/many-minigoogles/#comment-29304 Basic Thinking Blog » Spezialsuchen: Kosmix Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:31:50 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/12/many-minigoogles/#comment-29304 [...] via Buzzmachine verwandte Artikel: [...] [...] via Buzzmachine verwandte Artikel: [...]

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