Posts in Search Engines

Believe it or not, Google and Facebook are very similar. Both give away their products for free. Both make the majority of their money from advertising. Both focus specifically on targeted advertising based on user data. However, the way they gather that data is as... [+]

Back in the day there was an amazing company that claimed to possess one skill which it could do better than anyone else. This company was on a mission to put its skill to good use. With help from some angel investors and a whole... [+]

We commonly think of ourselves as “customers” of companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter and other online services, however if you consider it, what is the flaw in this logic? Well, to answer that we need to ask another question: what is the universal trait that... [+]

Wanna know a secret? Traditional search is dead. Yep, I said it. You know what I mean; typing text into a blank box and clicking “Search” or “I’m Feeling Lucky” is slowly giving way to a new kind of search, something much more intuitive, accurate... [+]

What if we need to rethink the way we gather information on the Internet? There is a fundamental shift going on as we speak that is challenging the domination of search engines, as we move from an age of limitless searching to an age of... [+]