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Wasn't there just an article about how horizontal services get eaten away by focused rivals once a market has been identified? [1] Like Indeed doing job search

Wasn't there just an article about how horizontal services get eaten away by focused rivals once a market has been identified? [1] Like Indeed doing job search better than Craiglist. I wonder if Google isn't ripe for that sort of competitor. I can think of a bunch of verticals that could easily get their own dedicated search site, including cooking. Bing and others are trying to beat Google in generic search, and it'll never happen because Google defines what that means, and it's a moving target. I'm wondering why Google hasn't done this themselves? Whitelist a bunch of decent websites and give the search page a fun URL like "Cookle". 1. https://www.georgesequeira.com/writing/zapier-the-5b-unbundling-opportunity/ https://www.georgesequeira.com/writing/zapier-the-5b-unbundl...

aghilmort 5y ago
that's pretty much our thesis at Breeze: - for web search, we have a better date filter than most, e.g., https://breezethat.com/?q=tiger+woods+after%3A2022-04-12 https://breezethat.com/?q=tiger+woods+after%3A2022-04-12 - for anything else, we have topics, e.g., click recipe tab from any general search on home page, e.g., https://breezethat.com/?q=mango+avocado https://breezethat.com/?q=mango+avocado - we just launched a job finder, 14M listings with 20M by end of quarter, launched early due to the fast fiasco, https://breezethat.com/x/job-search-beta https://breezethat.com/x/job-search-beta - tons of other topics, some listed on page atm under "drops" at top, more advanced such as jobs in the pipeline
- russellbeattie 5y ago
  The different search topics are similar to what I was thinking but it's just a variation on Google's various tabs, like shopping. What I'm thinking of is a dedicated search site focused on a single topic. Take Breeze's guitar tab search and make a Guitargle.com. Then it could be promoted, marketed, refined and advertised on all sorts of apps - probably even on Google itself if they weren't paying attention. All the guitar apps could have integrated Guitargle search. Then make another vertical for the bird watchers search. And another for scholarships. All with different graphic designs based on the target demographic, with a "Powered By Breeze" at the bottom of each site. Just a thought.
  - aghilmort 5y ago
    interesting; we have one site like that to search VC blogs, https://askanything.vc/ https://askanything.vc/ so in that context, Breeze becomes a portfolio of vertical searches, not unlike say Meredith or Hearst as publishers, etc.?
    - russellbeattie 5y ago
      Cool! That's the idea. When you guys make it big, remember to save a few shares for your ol' buddy Russ on HN. ;-)
      - aghilmort 5y ago
        :noted: though prolly a few more shares if there's a fit on the team :) just starting to build our pipeline of potential candidates, DM is @DotDotJames on twitter :)

aghilmort 5y ago

that's pretty much our thesis at Breeze: - for web search, we have a better date filter than most, e.g., https://breezethat.com/?q=tiger+woods+after%3A2022-04-12 https://breezethat.com/?q=tiger+woods+after%3A2022-04-12 - for anything else, we have topics, e.g., click recipe tab from any general search on home page, e.g., https://breezethat.com/?q=mango+avocado https://breezethat.com/?q=mango+avocado - we just launched a job finder, 14M listings with 20M by end of quarter, launched early due to the fast fiasco, https://breezethat.com/x/job-search-beta https://breezethat.com/x/job-search-beta - tons of other topics, some listed on page atm under "drops" at top, more advanced such as jobs in the pipeline

russellbeattie 5y ago
The different search topics are similar to what I was thinking but it's just a variation on Google's various tabs, like shopping. What I'm thinking of is a dedicated search site focused on a single topic. Take Breeze's guitar tab search and make a Guitargle.com. Then it could be promoted, marketed, refined and advertised on all sorts of apps - probably even on Google itself if they weren't paying attention. All the guitar apps could have integrated Guitargle search. Then make another vertical for the bird watchers search. And another for scholarships. All with different graphic designs based on the target demographic, with a "Powered By Breeze" at the bottom of each site. Just a thought.
- aghilmort 5y ago
  interesting; we have one site like that to search VC blogs, https://askanything.vc/ https://askanything.vc/ so in that context, Breeze becomes a portfolio of vertical searches, not unlike say Meredith or Hearst as publishers, etc.?
  - russellbeattie 5y ago
    Cool! That's the idea. When you guys make it big, remember to save a few shares for your ol' buddy Russ on HN. ;-)
    - aghilmort 5y ago
      :noted: though prolly a few more shares if there's a fit on the team :) just starting to build our pipeline of potential candidates, DM is @DotDotJames on twitter :)