the next Google?
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- ukit
It certainly seems like a worthy concept.
- ********0
looks very science oriented
- honest0
68% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
Vic Reeves.
- ukit0
It taps directly into Wolfram's brain
- ribit0
Tim Berners-Lee: The next Web of open, linked data
http://www.ted.com/index.php/tal…
- ********0
there will be no next google as long as google exists
- good point,
they'll just by the innovative start-up and assimilate themGeorgesII
- good point,
- ukit0
If this is any good hopefully it will give Google a nice kick in the ass. Have they changed their search from a UI perspective at all in the past 10 years?
Here is another site that is trying to do something with search in terms of organizing it:
- ukit0
Also: http://www.mahalo.com
Kind of ugly though
- ********0
"Google killer" stuff is just hype. But if it's all it seems to be, it will certainly be a useful Google companion.
- MrT0
Google worked because it was a single search field and a friendly logo.
Not because it was something that MIT geeks would shoot putty over.
- ukit0
Right, but haven't you every wanted the answer to a factual question? Google is an OK tool for digging that up, but it's a pretty blunt instrument compared to what WA is trying to do.
In theory at least, you can ask it what the weather was like in Australia the day John Kennedy was shot, and it would spit the info out.
There is also the issue of metadata being so poorly implemented which I think is holding the web back from what it could be. If WA or a similar site takes off hopefully it could act as a catalyst for organizations to move to some kind of universal metadata standard quickly instead of waiting 20 years for everyone to get it right.
- Excellent point ukit. I've had coffee now so I'm less facetious.MrT
- ********0
who cares, H1N1 will kill us!
- ukit0
- TheBlueOne0
The Internet is Sucking all electricity up! slurp slurp
- _niko0
google will just swallow it up and kill it.
- Redmond0
Google isn't perfect. There's lots of things that are frustrating to search for in it. It can also prove difficult to put priorities into searches. Sometimes the X +Y +Z thing doesn't make X a priority at all. I'd be thrilled to have a search engine that filters results for quality regarding a question and doesn't index every single thing.