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Re:Wouldn't it be fun to build your own Google? by sparkzilla on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @06:13PM (#8732294)
The problem with algorithmic/scraper search methods, is that they only work with existing data. For example, most Google searches gives a list of websites on one side, and some data scraped from Wikipedia on the other. There is not much meaning there. That's because Google's algorithm cannot combine the results into something original, because that would require human creativity. As such, I see the rise of different kinds of search based on what humans create, rather than what computers can scrape. I wrote a (longish) blog post on this problem: http://newslines.org/blog/googles-black-hole/
Re:Wouldn't it be fun to build your own Google? by minthd on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @09:45PM (#8732919)
You really discount the value of the long tail of search, which is where you get best info from google.
Re:Wouldn't it be fun to build your own Google? by sparkzilla on Thursday December 11, 2014 @04:43AM (#8733960)
You may get the best (more precise) info in the long tail, but I'm pretty sure that Google makes most of its money from the most popular searches.