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So true. It only opens the doors to vertical search opportunities. I have stopped searching Google a few years now, instead I search on Wikipedia for informatio
by old-gregg 16y ago
So true. It only opens the doors to vertical search opportunities. I have stopped searching Google a few years now, instead I search on Wikipedia for information, on Amazon/Newegg for products to buy and on Yelp for location-based reviews. Wikipedia in particular (not Facebook) has eaten Google's lunch, in my opinion, because when someone says "..to organize the world‘s information and make it universally accessible and useful.." I think of Wikipedia, not Google, despite what http://www.google.com/corporate http://www.google.com/corporate says.
Google is gmail+maps to me, not search.
- bad_user 16y agoI also search IMDB for movies suggestions and ratings, in addition to Wikipedia and Amazon. I would still use Google because I don't like thinking about the kind of search I want to do and I don't think having Wikipedia/Amazon/IMDB as the only sources of information is healthy. But goddammit, Google needs to do something about that spam.
- jamiequint 16y agoGoogle is trying here too, at least in Fashion and Local. They've put a lot of weight behind the launch of Boutiques.com and behind Google Local (even trying to buy Yelp a while back).
- kongqiu 16y agoDuckDuckGo for general "search," Google for maps, Wikipedia for information, HackerNews for tech/business news, Yelp/Urbanspoon/local indie paper for restaurant reviews... hmmm, looks to me like we're heading toward a more specialized, ahem, "there's an app for that" future.