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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Search 2.0 - What's Next?

Search 2.0 - What's Next?: "Written by Emre Sokullu and edited by Richard MacManus

You may feel relatively satisfied with the current search offerings of Google, Yahoo, Ask and MSN. Search today is undoubtedly much better than what it was in the second half of the 1990's. But Internet search is still in its infancy and there's much room for improvement. Moreover, the super high valuation of Google on NASDAQ pushes investors and researchers to find better search solutions - to be The Next Big Thing. And these wannabes are not only working on discovering better indexing techniques, they're exploring new horizons like vertical engines, meaning-based search, intent-driven search, new clustering methods, and much more. In this post, we look into latest trends in the search industry.

We have positioned the latest search trends into 3 main categories:


UI Enhancements
Technology Enhancements
Approach Enhancements (Vertical Engines)

UI Enhancements

Snap

Snap promises a better interface for search, using the latest advancements in browsers and AJAX technology. Although"

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