Comments on: The Death of Search Engines? http://www.techconsumer.com/2008/06/10/the-death-of-search-engines/ Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:29:32 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Abdul Koroma http://www.techconsumer.com/2008/06/10/the-death-of-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-3948 Abdul Koroma Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:39:45 +0000 http://www.techconsumer.com/?p=912#comment-3948 The problem with SEs are becoming more and more obvious to end users. As people opt for a richer online experience, it seems traditional SEs are just failing to make that a reality.It was the same issue discuss on this provocative blog: Google devolution effect(http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=644&doc_id=154069&F_src=flftwo). I don't see them extincting in the long run but their relevance will be seriously diminish and as you correctly pointed out, are the alternatives good enough to fill the void?? The problem with SEs are becoming more and more obvious to end users. As people opt for a richer online experience, it seems traditional SEs are just failing to make that a reality.It was the same issue discuss on this provocative blog: Google devolution effect(http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=644&doc_id=154069&F_src=flftwo). I don’t see them extincting in the long run but their relevance will be seriously diminish and as you correctly pointed out, are the alternatives good enough to fill the void??

]]> By: Paul Ellis http://www.techconsumer.com/2008/06/10/the-death-of-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-3944 Paul Ellis Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:55:09 +0000 http://www.techconsumer.com/?p=912#comment-3944 I think what is happening is that people are just going online more for everything. As a percentage of usage, Google may be lower thanks to Wikipedia, Amazon, etc, but as for absolute usage it is probably higher. That still speaks to a Google losing relevance though. When I want X, Y, or Z I'm not going there (although I'm going to Live Search instead of Google anyway :). I think what is happening is that people are just going online more for everything. As a percentage of usage, Google may be lower thanks to Wikipedia, Amazon, etc, but as for absolute usage it is probably higher.

That still speaks to a Google losing relevance though. When I want X, Y, or Z I’m not going there (although I’m going to Live Search instead of Google anyway :) .

]]> By: Bob Caswell http://www.techconsumer.com/2008/06/10/the-death-of-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-3943 Bob Caswell Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:55:48 +0000 http://www.techconsumer.com/?p=912#comment-3943 Search still is handy for fairly specific information still not available via this new crop of "social" sites. But it is true that, at this point, I use Google more as the new yellow pages or movie listing service than as traditional online search. Search still is handy for fairly specific information still not available via this new crop of “social” sites. But it is true that, at this point, I use Google more as the new yellow pages or movie listing service than as traditional online search.

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