Comments on: “Search Monkey” and the Interest Beneath the Boredom

By: MB Web Design

MB Web Design — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:54:46 +0000

I really can’t see anyone toppling Google right now, ‘google’ is the colloquial synonym for ‘web search’, they’ve got it all sown up, regardless of who joins forces or what money they have behind them.

By: Futon-Matt

Futon-Matt — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:38:33 +0000

Maybe you guys are right about trying, but I don’t think it will amount to much.

By: Steve Rosenbaum

Steve Rosenbaum — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:49:22 +0000

@ John – I don’t think there’s that much more buying to be had. I think some of the bottom dwellers will have to join forces. Theres only so much google cash to go around.

By: SEO guy

SEO guy — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:10:00 +0000

At least they are trying! I doubt it is going to work out though.

By: PS3

PS3 — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:04:40 +0000

The fact that it didn’t work for Google doesn’t mean that someone else can’t get it right. Google may rule the world but even omnipotent one’s make mistakes sometimes.

By: John Littleton

John Littleton — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:06:08 +0000

@ Steve_The smaller guys wouldn’t consolidate, they’d just be bought up by either of the Big 2. I don’t think the remaining engines of the world could join forces to rival Google.

By: Futon-Matt

Futon-Matt — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:59:02 +0000

I think the idea is interesting, but it’ll probably just be more fluff.

By: Utah SEO

Utah SEO — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:24:06 +0000

This was quite the interesting announcement. Good progress for Yahoo!

By: Jayson

Jayson — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:52:01 +0000

Yeah I’m not sure if Yahoo has what it takes to launch something that Google failed to make popular. As mentioned, it’s probably something that some will appreciate and like but I doubt it has lasting power. It seems like Yahoo! has enough problems with search results – they should probably work on that before trying to interpret what users want based on publishers.

By: Mike Montague

Mike Montague — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:23:04 +0000

David, good point about ask.com. I think they could become a major player after the merger goes through.

By: Steve Rosenbaum

Steve Rosenbaum — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:03:19 +0000

I think more of the smaller search engines need to consolidate through leveraged buyouts to get more competitive.

By: Craig

Craig — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:50:59 +0000

I like your point David. You are right about the window dressing.

By: David Snyder

David Snyder — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:50:55 +0000

Another thing to think about in this is that this announcement along with others such as Yahoo Buzz and Yahoo Apex, could all be window dressing for potential buyers. None of it is ready to roll. But the interest is in what this means in terms of the future of information retrieval to me.

It’s like Big Brother search style

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:58:25 +0000

Steve, I agree with your comment. If Google failed, I seriously don’t think Yahoo will succeed.

By: Steve Rosenbaum

Steve Rosenbaum — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:17:20 +0000

Interesting, I don’t know if Yahoo can better a failed attempt by Google.

By: David Snyder

David Snyder — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:07:41 +0000

i am a typo machine today…haha…meant to say:

1) buy meta search
2) they tend to have high CTR for paid search

ok i should just go take a nap

By: David Snyder

David Snyder — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:00:49 +0000

It would be hard for me to see why Google would by meta search properties…except that they tend to have CTR for paid search. It also seems to be a move in the opposite direction in terms of technology. As long as Microsoft is in the mix Google will never be a “monopoly” but with 58.4% of the market they are pretty close to it.

By: Richard Brayer

Richard Brayer — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:54:33 +0000

A trusted contact of mine says that Google is considering the acquisition of Dogpile and Webcrawler. Can you confirm such a claim? And if said acquisition is legit, will this elevate Google into a monopoly-share?

By: David Snyder

David Snyder — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:26:27 +0000

meant to say Lycos and Excite DO NOt have the backing to compete

By: David Snyder

David Snyder — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:15:15 +0000

Marty, I actually think Ask.com is one of the more interesting players in search right now. They will be thrust into the #3 spot if the Microsoft/Yahoo deal ever goes through. In terms of Lycos and Excite they have the backing to compete, and even combined with Ask they do not rival the share of Yahoo 22.9% for Yahoo! and somewhere around 7% for the others combined.