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One of the viable venues to compete with Google is not by developing "new, better search engine", but rather "better vertical platform". What's the best search

by gesman 13y ago

One of the viable venues to compete with Google is not by developing "new, better search engine", but rather "better vertical platform". What's the best search engine where buyers go? Not google.com and never really been google, it's amazon.com and ebay.com. What's the best search engine to find answers on technical questions? Stackoverflow.com is approaching google very fast. So the answer would be for sharp minds to develop sharper and better vertical portals/platforms and pick google apart piece by piece.

weinzierl 13y ago
Not to forget: What's the best search engine to find people? facebook.com
lubujackson 13y ago
That's exactly what my startup is trying to address - how do you help users navigate 100, 1000 or even a million search engines? Ultimately, you need a way to browse search engines by topic and bundle them into custom lists for your specific needs. It's early going, but check Nuggety out if you're interested: http://nuggety.com/ http://nuggety.com/
- gesman 13y ago
  There is no need to navigate million of search engines. There aren't too many to speak of. Aggregating services are successful only where there are millions of equal service providers (like hotels or restaurants) and the one needs a one-stop place (aggregator) to search. When Google (and Bing and others are far secondary) aggregator model couldn't really do much.
- namenotrequired 13y ago
  I'm interested, but I've checked the front page and am still confused what / who it's for, could you clarify?
  - lubujackson 13y ago
    Sure. I know the site needs some more clarity and that's what I'm working on now. The basic idea is a Pinterest-type community where you can build a list of sites on any topic and share lists with others. But each list lets you search each website directly from the same search box (results come up in a new tab, like Kayak). So what is it good for? Any subject where you want depth or breadth over surface results. So collectors and researchers can build a portal for themselves. And there are some interesting possibilities for specific needs, like a search list for many places to find a cached URL: http://nuggety.com/u/nuggety/cached-webpages http://nuggety.com/u/nuggety/cached-webpages or a search list to search any of Google's 190 international websites: http://nuggety.com/u/nuggety/international-google http://nuggety.com/u/nuggety/international-google
- gesman 13y ago
  Looks neat. Search for "cms" does not return "sitecore" anywhere.
namenotrequired 13y ago
So perhaps, what a new search engine should do is figure out what you want to find, and search for it in whatever fits the vertical?

by gesman 13y ago

weinzierl 13y ago

Not to forget: What's the best search engine to find people? facebook.com

lubujackson 13y ago

That's exactly what my startup is trying to address - how do you help users navigate 100, 1000 or even a million search engines? Ultimately, you need a way to browse search engines by topic and bundle them into custom lists for your specific needs. It's early going, but check Nuggety out if you're interested: http://nuggety.com/ http://nuggety.com/

gesman 13y ago
There is no need to navigate million of search engines. There aren't too many to speak of. Aggregating services are successful only where there are millions of equal service providers (like hotels or restaurants) and the one needs a one-stop place (aggregator) to search. When Google (and Bing and others are far secondary) aggregator model couldn't really do much.
namenotrequired 13y ago
I'm interested, but I've checked the front page and am still confused what / who it's for, could you clarify?
- lubujackson 13y ago
  Sure. I know the site needs some more clarity and that's what I'm working on now. The basic idea is a Pinterest-type community where you can build a list of sites on any topic and share lists with others. But each list lets you search each website directly from the same search box (results come up in a new tab, like Kayak). So what is it good for? Any subject where you want depth or breadth over surface results. So collectors and researchers can build a portal for themselves. And there are some interesting possibilities for specific needs, like a search list for many places to find a cached URL: http://nuggety.com/u/nuggety/cached-webpages http://nuggety.com/u/nuggety/cached-webpages or a search list to search any of Google's 190 international websites: http://nuggety.com/u/nuggety/international-google http://nuggety.com/u/nuggety/international-google
gesman 13y ago
Looks neat. Search for "cms" does not return "sitecore" anywhere.

namenotrequired 13y ago

So perhaps, what a new search engine should do is figure out what you want to find, and search for it in whatever fits the vertical?