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Google Verizon Proposal a Red Herring

Posted on August 9, 2010 by

Oh, Internet worry worts… The Google Verizon proposal is much ado about nothing. Remember when Google was bidding on wireless spectrum? buying dark fiber? investing in silly power stations? This is how you GET SHIT DONE.   These guys are … Continue reading →

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Op-Ed Calling for Search Neutrality is Grossly Unimaginative

Posted on December 29, 2009 by

As Google grows bigger and deeper the op-eds and various critics are calling for hard core scrutiny and even regulation. The latest piece I’ve come across is this rather drab call for “search neutrality” in the New York Times. Without … Continue reading →

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Real Time Search Challenges

Posted on June 26, 2009 by

Methinks the best experience will end up combining real time search with regular web search.  Yes, it’s nice to have unfiltered immediate information in certain situations like breaking news or emergencies.  Outside of that synthesis is essential to keep the … Continue reading →

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Making Associations Based on What Is Familiar

Posted on June 4, 2009 by

Whether it’s “valid” or not humans (and probably most animals) make associations of new, unknown things with similar-seeming known things.  In fact, this is the basis of communication. In the case of discussing new websites/services/devices like Wolfram|Alpha, Bing, Kindle, iPhone, … Continue reading →

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What Is Wolfram|Alpha Really?

Posted on May 21, 2009 by

Here is one of the best blog posts on putting Wolfram|Alpha into perspective: Asking which result is “right” misses the point. Google is a search engine; it did exactly what it’s supposed to do. It isn’t making any any assumptions … Continue reading →

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Do We Need Innovation in Web Search?

Posted on April 26, 2009 by

No. Not really. This is the main reason most new search engines fail.  This is also why refreshes to existing search engines with radical features don’t work particularly well either. It’s really a misconception that search engines could be made … Continue reading →

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Google and Eric Schmidt on the Economy and Google Future

Posted on March 3, 2009 by

This is a pretty useful data dump from Google’s CEO Economic situation pretty dire. Combination of what we’ve seen does not appear to have a bottom. People are using the Internet more. Obviously will affect online ad market because our … Continue reading →

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Techcrunch Lies, Damned Lies – Up and To the Right????

Posted on February 5, 2009 by

Ah, TechCrunch.  You whipped out the old Excel and made the industry famous Up And To The Right Chart. There is no strong conclusion to draw from this very limited data set.  The only piece of interesting data is:  of … Continue reading →

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