Choose Your Own Adventure: Alternatives to Bing and Google by Jason W Bunyan, DMB (July 30)
This article was in response to the question - is Bing better than Google, but is really about whether or how much search will evolve.
Nice quote from Sue Feldman:
"Search has a long way to go, according to Dalhousie University Canada Research Chair in Management Informatics and associate professor Dr. Elaine Toms. “Sue Feldman used a wonderful analogy: we have ovens, microwaves, toasters and barbeques, which all have heating technology, and we use each for its specific purpose. So why not multiple search tools? In her example, I think the common outdoor fire is the current search engine. And we have not yet developed tools for task-specific environments that need and use rich information. [Compare] what a scholar needs and what a health consumer needs. We are not even close.”"
Posted by Gwen at September 10, 2009 07:07 PM