Yahoo! News - MSN, Yahoo Catching Up to Google
Yahoo! News - MSN, Yahoo Catching Up to Google: "MSN, Yahoo Catching Up to Google"
Apparently, Yahoo and MSN aren't content to lifetime bridesmaid status. Whilte there are still many users who feel that the results of Yahoo and MSN aren't as relevant as Google's, there seem to be just as many who aren't happy with the direction Google has been taking of late.
Google's once simple roots of providing a great source of information to it's users has been clouded by their profit-driven business model of attaching ads to their search results and seemingly half of the pages on the Internet. Although it arguable as to whether this diminishes the value of the results, it is obvious that many people are turned off by these actions - see 'Scraping Google to See What Happens'
It wasn't long ago that Google's reign seemed insurmountable. It worked so well that another search engine would have to be significantly better, not just as good, in order to even make a dent in Google's supremacy.
However, with more and more people viewing Google as more concerned about making money than returning good results, it's possible that Google could be caught by search engines that are simply 'as good'. They wouldn't have to improve, they would simply have to offer a suitable alternative.
I guess we'll see what happens...
Apparently, Yahoo and MSN aren't content to lifetime bridesmaid status. Whilte there are still many users who feel that the results of Yahoo and MSN aren't as relevant as Google's, there seem to be just as many who aren't happy with the direction Google has been taking of late.
Google's once simple roots of providing a great source of information to it's users has been clouded by their profit-driven business model of attaching ads to their search results and seemingly half of the pages on the Internet. Although it arguable as to whether this diminishes the value of the results, it is obvious that many people are turned off by these actions - see 'Scraping Google to See What Happens'
It wasn't long ago that Google's reign seemed insurmountable. It worked so well that another search engine would have to be significantly better, not just as good, in order to even make a dent in Google's supremacy.
However, with more and more people viewing Google as more concerned about making money than returning good results, it's possible that Google could be caught by search engines that are simply 'as good'. They wouldn't have to improve, they would simply have to offer a suitable alternative.
I guess we'll see what happens...
posted by Jeffrey at 11:14 AM
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