Search is a commodity (again) http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2005/11/search_is_a_com.php Until Google came along, internet search suffered from two big problems as a business. First, it was hard to make money off the end users (as a result, search engines had become commodity services sold to and rebranded by portals) and, second, switching costs were low (there was little to stop users from hopping from engine to engine). Google solved the first problem, cracking the nut on search-based advertising, but it has never really solved... en-us poker http://poker.gweeb.com online poker online casino online casino ]]> poker http://poker.gweeb.com party poker poker poker ]]> poker http://poker.gweeb.com phentermine online casinos online casinos ]]> poker http://poker.gweeb.com partypoker texas holdem texas holdem ]]> Alexa opens up it’s search index to third parties: Long term implications http://www.techbytes.co.in/blogs/2005/12/19/alexa-opens-up-its-search-index-to-third-parties-long-term-implications/ Internet search is fast becoming a commodity. While interfaces vary across the major search engines, there is not much to differentiate when it comes to relevancy, at least not for the non-discerning end-users who are in the majority anyways. Add to t... Basic Search as "lower layer" device? http://browster.typepad.com/scott_milener_blog/2005/11/basic_search_as.html In the networking world you get familiar with working with and talking about the OSI networking model: At the lower layers equipment deals with the basics of getting data from point to point, using everything from physical switching to higher-layer Question commodities http://www.yardley.ca/blog/index.php/archives/2005/11/10/question-commodities/ Read Nicholas Carr's "Search is a commodity (again)" a few days ago and have been mulling it over since. Carr argues that search is becoming a commodity due to minimal differentiation between search results. Can't say I agree, because the different... Search Matters, Tagging Doesn't http://www.actonetwork.com/blog/blog/actonetwork/google/2005/11/07/search_matters_tagging_doesnt Nick Carr writes that search and tagging don't matter.

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