Google is following a monopoly to maximize their revenues through Google Adwords. This is something which is making Google lag behind other search engines like Yahoo, and MSN.
Google became popular because of its latest/accurate results. These days Google is surely aiming to deliver accurate results , but their ranking filters and algorithm can eventually hit back Google like a Boomerang.
They are trying to maximize their Adwords/Adsense revenue, and to enable this they are deliberately holding back ranking of several useful websites. Whenever I have to search for some latest news, free software, free script etc etc, I have to rush immediately to MSN since it delivers latest results. Moreover MSN has emerged as a NO-ENTRY zone for Adult related websites. This will be a major boon for MSN. Their Image search is far much advance than Google :)
These days even Yahoo is gaining pace over Google by delivering latest results in their search engine. Surely Google has to wake up before it is too late. Their useless filters are making life miserable for genuine websites/forums to score top rankings on Google. Moreover it is making life miserable for search users by restricting their search results.
If you are searching for some new stuff then try searching on MSN. I am sure you wont be dissapointed with results. Surely Google needs some hard spanking.
10 years back nobody knew Google, but everybody knew Yahoo. You shouldn't be surprised if you see a whole new search engine emerging from outers-space :)
Meanwhile I have found several other search engines like Dogpile which are very accurate and effective, but still the popularity factor of Google is making other search engines look effeminate.
Nobody knows, but surely the current situation of stagnated results on Google and increasing Adsense/Adwords fraud can give rise to a whole new search engine .
Basically if you see applications tend to follow general trends. google is search, though search was around, but google made it big. Think the next level will be pattern/face/image search mechanisms, places where you can upload a pattern/image/face and get all matching faces/images/patterns.
RE:next level
by Alok Dube on May 16, 2007 02:38 PM
so does like.com however it isnt exactly what google is to strings. no way to just pump in an image and pump out matches
Saying Google is unbeatable would be a mistake. However, it will take a lot more then venture capital funding and right mix of leadership and engineering efforts. Believe me you, Google Yahoo and Microsoft, the three companies I like to call as GYM (http://www.gymstory.com) are here to stay. The future is exciting and we are privileged to be a part of it.
Cheers, Kushagra
The web as we know today is empowered and fueled by Google, Yahoo and Microsoft and others. Withour underest
RE:Google - Yahoo - Microsoft Story
by praveen sebastian on May 15, 2007 06:28 PM
Hi Kushagra! Thank you for the info on GYMstory. Anything more like these you are welocme. bye Sebastian
