Comments on: Is Google Good Enough? http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/08/05/is-google-good-enough/ Wed, 16 May 2012 21:42:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Don’t believe everything you read in the New York Post | The Noisy Channel http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/08/05/is-google-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-3811 Don’t believe everything you read in the New York Post | The Noisy Channel Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:52:44 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=64#comment-3811 [...] by initial impression: it’s not bad, but it’s noticeably inferior to Google, and even parity is not enough to reverse the tide. Perhaps the tiny gain–or the slowdown in loss–that they will make [...] [...] by initial impression: it’s not bad, but it’s noticeably inferior to Google, and even parity is not enough to reverse the tide. Perhaps the tiny gain–or the slowdown in loss–that they will make [...]

]]> By: The Sultans of Speed | The Noisy Channel http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/08/05/is-google-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-1991 The Sultans of Speed | The Noisy Channel Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:24:32 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=64#comment-1991 [...] to incrementally outdo them on their own turf. For the use cases it addresses, Google is surely good enough. And damn [...] [...] to incrementally outdo them on their own turf. For the use cases it addresses, Google is surely good enough. And damn [...]

]]> By: Is Search Really 90% Solved? | The Noisy Channel http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/08/05/is-google-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-1770 Is Search Really 90% Solved? | The Noisy Channel Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:12:26 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=64#comment-1770 [...] agree with Michael that search isn’t even close to being solved yet. I’ve criticized the way many web search start-ups–and even the giants Yahoo and Microsoft–are going [...] [...] agree with Michael that search isn’t even close to being solved yet. I’ve criticized the way many web search start-ups–and even the giants Yahoo and Microsoft–are going [...]

]]> By: Curt Monash Analyzes the Text Analytics Market | The Noisy Channel http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/08/05/is-google-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-1294 Curt Monash Analyzes the Text Analytics Market | The Noisy Channel Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:26:52 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=64#comment-1294 [...] His observations about the web search market are spot-on: the current attention is on transactional queries (see Andrei Broder’s classic paper on the taxonomy of web search for an explanation of navigational, informational, and transactional queries), and web search generally is dominated by the dynamics of adversarial information retrieval. Depressing (to me, at least), but accurate. He does see potential future with better interfaces, but he asks, “how good does the technology have to get before people care?” My sentiments exactly. [...] [...] His observations about the web search market are spot-on: the current attention is on transactional queries (see Andrei Broder’s classic paper on the taxonomy of web search for an explanation of navigational, informational, and transactional queries), and web search generally is dominated by the dynamics of adversarial information retrieval. Depressing (to me, at least), but accurate. He does see potential future with better interfaces, but he asks, “how good does the technology have to get before people care?” My sentiments exactly. [...]

]]> By: Where Google Isn’t Good Enough | The Noisy Channel http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/08/05/is-google-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-447 Where Google Isn’t Good Enough | The Noisy Channel Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:22:26 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=64#comment-447 [...]   ← Is Google Good Enough? Why Enterprise Search Will Never Be Google-y [...] [...]   ← Is Google Good Enough? Why Enterprise Search Will Never Be Google-y [...]

]]> By: Information Seeking for the Political Process | The Noisy Channel http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/08/05/is-google-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-418 Information Seeking for the Political Process | The Noisy Channel Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:30:25 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=64#comment-418 [...] measure would be suspect, given the adversarial nature of the political process. What may be good enough for casual web search is surely inadequate when policy decisions are at stake. I see the [...] [...] measure would be suspect, given the adversarial nature of the political process. What may be good enough for casual web search is surely inadequate when policy decisions are at stake. I see the [...]

]]> By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/08/05/is-google-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Daniel Tunkelang Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:28:48 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=64#comment-338 Rob, I agree, and I've seen events to be a popular area for vertical search. The Where Google Isn’t Good Enough post is the one after this one: http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=174 Rob, I agree, and I’ve seen events to be a popular area for vertical search.

The Where Google Isn’t Good Enough post is the one after this one: http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=174

]]> By: Rob Young http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/08/05/is-google-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Rob Young Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:53:03 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=64#comment-337 I can't seem to hit the Where Google Isn’t Good Enough post so I'll comment here. I don't think Google does well enough with events. Searches like 'comedy events in the West End of London this Thursday' or 'folk festivals in Cornwall in June' that provide comprehensive, easy to navigate results just aren't available. I can’t seem to hit the Where Google Isn’t Good Enough post so I’ll comment here. I don’t think Google does well enough with events.
Searches like ‘comedy events in the West End of London this Thursday’ or ‘folk festivals in Cornwall in June’ that provide comprehensive, easy to navigate results just aren’t available.

]]> By: Quick Bites: Is Search Really 90% Solved? http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/08/05/is-google-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Quick Bites: Is Search Really 90% Solved? Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:48:55 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=64#comment-306 [...] agree with Michael that search isn’t even close to being solved yet. I’ve criticized the way many web search start-ups–and even the giants Yahoo and Microsoft–are going [...] [...] agree with Michael that search isn’t even close to being solved yet. I’ve criticized the way many web search start-ups–and even the giants Yahoo and Microsoft–are going [...]

]]> By: Ranjit Mathoda http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/08/05/is-google-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Ranjit Mathoda Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:06:00 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=64#comment-150 When Google came into the market search results sucked. It's a lot easier to displace the dominant competitors if something really sucks. Now that search results are much better, sufficient that most people can find what they're searching for most of the time within a few seconds or at most minutes, it's very hard for another company to come along and displace Google. It's probably a better strategy to ask what really still sucks with Google's solutions?<br/><br/>The companies that have tackled this problem seem to think the answer is natural language search rather than keyword search or the visual display of contextual information. The former strikes me as untrue unless you're talking about voice recognition on a mobile device; keywords are more efficient to type and most people have gotten really used to using them. The latter seems like an insufficiently improved solution. But whoever does successfully answer the question "what does Google suck at?" will reap tremendous rewards. When Google came into the market search results sucked. It’s a lot easier to displace the dominant competitors if something really sucks. Now that search results are much better, sufficient that most people can find what they’re searching for most of the time within a few seconds or at most minutes, it’s very hard for another company to come along and displace Google. It’s probably a better strategy to ask what really still sucks with Google’s solutions?

The companies that have tackled this problem seem to think the answer is natural language search rather than keyword search or the visual display of contextual information. The former strikes me as untrue unless you’re talking about voice recognition on a mobile device; keywords are more efficient to type and most people have gotten really used to using them. The latter seems like an insufficiently improved solution. But whoever does successfully answer the question “what does Google suck at?” will reap tremendous rewards.

]]> By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/08/05/is-google-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Daniel Tunkelang Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:42:00 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=64#comment-149 Due to technical difficulties with Blogger, I've re-posted this, and it may appear as a duplicate in your feeds. Due to technical difficulties with Blogger, I’ve re-posted this, and it may appear as a duplicate in your feeds.

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