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July 31, 2006
Jeff Jarvis and Google
Well, here's some straight thinking. From Jeff Jarvis' blog, BuzzMachine:
"Specialized search: Like Google, the internet has gotten too big. A one-size-fits-all search is becoming as satisfying as one-size-fits-all media. What the internet needs now is topicality: searches within health, business, sports, my town, video, books, and so on."
Read the full post here.
Sound like an opportunity for libraries?
Stephen
Posted by stephen at July 31, 2006 7:53 AM
Comments
Google works because it gives people good enough results most of the time. People are not, in my opinion, going to take the time to either discover or remember specialized search engines, unless the results are *dramatically* better than regular Google.
Posted by: Richard Akerman at July 31, 2006 3:06 PM