Comments on: Using Google to find the next Google

By: Darren Stuart

Darren Stuart — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

one thing not noted here Allen is if a new Search Engine makes any sort of noise and gains any serious numbers one of the big 3 will just buy them out to get at thier tech.

In this day and age if a new Search Engine does a great job then word will spread more quickly than it ever did for google.

By: centernetworks

centernetworks — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Yep, you are right... if any of these companies starts to appear on Google's GPS, they will get bought quicker than a soup at the soup kitchen in NYC.

Though I am not sure that word will spread quicker than it did for Google. Google was able to get the mainstream and not just tech. That's the key. Geeks and tech nerds can only take something just so far (see Digg).

By: Darren Stuart

Darren Stuart — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

ah I don’t know because Digg has no real value to the average web user but search engines offer a function.

Firefox is starting to spread fast to the non techie crowd so I think a good search engine will.

I think the one to watch will be the wiki one.

By: centernetworks

centernetworks — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Not sure I buy your non techie firefox deal – do you know of any numbers? I think until FF is pre-installed on pc's, it won't ever reach maximum velocity. But I do agree the numbers are gaining which is great. Plus how much is built from it – take Flock or Songbird.

Wikipedia needs a non-techie design before it moves mainstream. I do agree that Jimmy is getting mainstream media coverage which is critical.

By: Darren Stuart

Darren Stuart — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I am not sure where but i have read it somewhere that its getting more widespread. However how many of the very non techie people are using google? I suspect that there are a large amount of users that think yahoo/MSN/AOL are the internet.

By: centernetworks

centernetworks — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

My mother Googles. You can't get more mainstream than that because she calls it a machine, has no idea how to do anything but play solitare and check email on aol. Yet, she uses google for her search engine.

Funny thing - on aol in the search box, she types google, goes to google and then searches.

But I see your point - though I think the AOL days of the late '90s are not the same as today. More people using dsl and cable which provide direct connections so they are open to the full web. And my guess is that many use whatever search is installed by their upstream provider by default.

By: Darren Stuart

Darren Stuart — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

yeah BT is the main ISP here in the UK and they have a deal with Yahoo so I suspect that Yahoo’s UK presence is flattered by this relationship.

But at a guess these ISP will start to do a deals with Google about google powered backends for them.