Past, present, future of search
Posted by Jacque on November 26th, 2007
The latest Website Magazine celebrates its two-year anniversary by documenting the rapid evolution of the Web, especially search technology.
Since November, 2005, they say, Google has risen to dominance and there has been an explosion of user-generated content which has made the Web a “platform developed and shaped by users and has come to foster communities all over the world.”
What’s next? In terms of search, social networks may become better places to find relevant information to satisfy our queries. Traditional search engines often provide irrelevant – and often manipulated – results. “Many are wondering if more customized search verticals will unseat popular search engines when it comes to user preference.”
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