businessweek.com — "Google's strategy has shifted from trying to get you to information on the Web to trying to capture more and more of your time," says Doug Leeds, Ask.com vice-president for product management. "We are focused solely on getting people to their information faster."
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cyborgOct 6, 2006
hah, this reminds me of vietnam, there was declaration of war, then people said "uh-oh" and walked away. ( I wasn't in vietnam but I play alot of FPS's lmao)
optimoOct 6, 2006
How much faster do I need results? 0.23 seconds for a 4-termed search is lightning quick.The most amazing thing google has done for the collective brain is training users to use more concise terms or keywords. Users are more educated and know how to get the answers they want more quickly than ever before, much in part of the incredible agent clusters that google has amassed.I will give their data mining the recognition it deserves without suspecting that my privacy may be compromised because I would never submit sensitive information in the first place.Sure they have some of your searches saved, but the terms are not reconnectable to any individual in the way they keep records (unless you use one of their more personalised services).It all adds up to one thing that google recognised a while ago: we are all so similar as people that our searches are not personally unique. The data support our collective conscious.
rideagainOct 6, 2006
looks like a search site for shopping site (like froogle) -- I think that's on-topic here.
hourzOct 6, 2006
The author of the article just didn't get it right I think.. Google's employees compete against themselves. The engineers decide their agendas over their manager. These engineers have a pretty phenomenal system keeping them in check - peer review and the desire to compete against their peers and get recognition. I can't speak for everyone but that is a lot different than where I work. I think that because their internal queuing of work is so efficient, Google just brushes of external pressures and concentrates on improving themselves constantly and finding solutions to their own problems. Other companies are obviously trying to emulate this, but none have Google's scale and when the bandwidth available to the average net user gets to a certain point, I'm sure Google will have the architecture in place to take advantage of this much better than anyone else.That's kinda vague I know but think about this.. What the hell are all those engineers coding right now?
billybobfettOct 6, 2006
It's always good to give early notice
stockjonesOct 6, 2006
If it wasnt for Google, Ask and everyone else would be blasting us with a search page plastered with Ads and all sorts of crap.The only other guy thats impressing me for other reason than just searching is Yahoo. Yahoo has done one heck of a job revamping their site and content. Ajax and all. Yes its a bit busier than Google, but it also offers a lot content with all the bells and whistles and for being busy its clean and crisp.
bioskopeOct 7, 2006
Google Logo : All your small search engines are belong to us