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I'm not sure if this is how Bing will kill Google, but I do think Bing is going to slowly take a lot of market share away from Google. How? Niche specific searc

by kyro 17y ago

I'm not sure if this is how Bing will kill Google, but I do think Bing is going to slowly take a lot of market share away from Google. How? Niche specific search customization. For a while now I've been bugged by how searching anything on Google is done with nothing but one text box. There's no customization. You can't tailor your search or refine it based on values and properties specific to your categorical search. I think Bing recognizes that and is gunning in that direction. Their restaurant finder lets you filter out restaurants with dim lighting, for instance. You can't do that with Google. And if Bing keeps adding various categories to their search, I'm willing to bet that it'll be a lot more useful than Google.

biznerd 17y ago
"You can't tailor your search or refine it based on values and properties specific to your categorical search." It's a nice idea but to be honest this is out of reach for 98% of internet users. I've probably explained to my mom what a blog is half a dozen times and still doesn't get it. She also refuses to stop double clicking on links... A search engine for savvy people would also not be a great business position because those type of people don't click on ads. There was an article last week on Hacker News that 8% of internet users account for 85% of all clicks. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=115210&lfe=1 http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArtic...
- ryanwaggoner 17y ago
  Judging by the number of blogs and people on Twitter, your mom is probably no longer the typical internet user. Or at least there's enough savvy folks to be a sizable marketing opportunity.
  - jonny_noog 17y ago
    Judging by the number of blogs and people on Twitter, your mom is probably no longer the typical internet user. For those of us who travel in tech savvy circles, I think it's all too easy to forget that his mom absolutely is the typical Internet user, as depressing as I sometimes find that prospect. Or at least there's enough savvy folks to be a sizable marketing opportunity. I'm not disagreeing with that, but don't think for a second that the majority have any real idea what these Interwebs are all about.
crux_ 17y ago
Have you seen google squared? It sounds like a step in the direction you're after, although it's far from perfect.

by kyro 17y ago

biznerd 17y ago

"You can't tailor your search or refine it based on values and properties specific to your categorical search." It's a nice idea but to be honest this is out of reach for 98% of internet users. I've probably explained to my mom what a blog is half a dozen times and still doesn't get it. She also refuses to stop double clicking on links... A search engine for savvy people would also not be a great business position because those type of people don't click on ads. There was an article last week on Hacker News that 8% of internet users account for 85% of all clicks. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=115210&lfe=1 http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArtic...

ryanwaggoner 17y ago
Judging by the number of blogs and people on Twitter, your mom is probably no longer the typical internet user. Or at least there's enough savvy folks to be a sizable marketing opportunity.
- jonny_noog 17y ago
  Judging by the number of blogs and people on Twitter, your mom is probably no longer the typical internet user. For those of us who travel in tech savvy circles, I think it's all too easy to forget that his mom absolutely is the typical Internet user, as depressing as I sometimes find that prospect. Or at least there's enough savvy folks to be a sizable marketing opportunity. I'm not disagreeing with that, but don't think for a second that the majority have any real idea what these Interwebs are all about.

crux_ 17y ago

Have you seen google squared? It sounds like a step in the direction you're after, although it's far from perfect.