Is Search Innovative Enough?
Writing by Nick Stamoulis on Monday, October 12, 2009 Leave a comment
Recently Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer said in an interview that the past 5 years of search has not been that innovative. Is he right?
Here is the video with the Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer:
There are any number of ways that charge could be answered. On the one hand, there has been quite a bit of innovation. After all, Bing, itself a Microsoft product, has captured imaginations by actually making itself somewhat competitive with the No. 1 search engine, Google.
On the other hand, we do only have two search engines to speak of, and one of them dominates the market with an overbearing presence. If there is any innovation, it might be difficult to see.
But I think there is innovation still going on. It isn’t the same type of innovation that took place in the earlier days of search – when no one knew quite what to do about search – but it is innovation. I think in some ways it’s more sophisticated innovation. The search engines themselves are growing up and realizing what their own limitations are. From that, one can only hope the future will see some of the best innovation ever.
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