> I think the next real killer search application is going to figure out how to index and make that content searchable not an alternative take on searching web

> I think the next real killer search application is going to figure out how to index and make that content searchable not an alternative take on searching web pages. IMO Google got lucky that they were able to profit from this kind of valuable information being out in the open in the early days, before content producers wised up to it. I think the gates are increasingly closing shut, and TBH I hope it stays that way. No one should have the right to just take this kind of value without giving back equally. Ostensibly Google has been giving back by being an excellent search engine but this seems to be on the decline.