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To be honest, I don't understand the market behind real time search. If you are searching for something that is in the now, you'd probably want to go directly t
by nhebb 17y ago
To be honest, I don't understand the market behind real time search. If you are searching for something that is in the now, you'd probably want to go directly to the link and would be less likely to click an ad - far less likely than normal search, I'd think.
I also think the big hole in search is recent relevancy. Some topics are temporal, and getting results that have been time vetted, as Google does, often means the information is obsolete. For example, I just searched "CakePHP vs CodeIgniter". The first result was published in March, 2007. That's ancient!
So if the search engines can get temporal searches improved, I would be much more impressed than I am with real time search.
- pedalpete 17y agoI used to agree with your thoughts on real-time search, but check out http://thoora.com http://thoora.com, and it might change your mind. They are able to grab the streams and create it into something more akin to a real-time news site, rather than just random tweets.
- nhebb 17y agoThoora is impressive. I'd never seen it before. But I still have to wonder about the business side of operations, i.e., where the revenue comes from.
- pedalpete 17y agoThoora's model (if i've understood it correctly) is to license their tech to other news sites rather than become a source themselves. I believe that the feedback from publishers was that they could use this service to get an edge on where they should be focusing their resources, so I think there are multiple revenue streams. They're canadian, and us canadians don't often get the word out as well as US companies, which might be why you are not familiar with them. The tech is pretty amazing though.