Yeah, the Google Article Is Nice, But How about those Start-ups?
Yeah, yeah, yeah Google’s great, whatever. I think some of the things their competitors are doing are much more interesting, more key to the future of search. How about being able to search the content of your e-mails and other files, not just file names (like the new Lycos toolbar described on the ResourceShelf)? A search engine that remembers past search results so you can build on research?
Features I think would be handy that aren’t mentioned include an RSS feed or e-mail alerts for searches (some engines do versions of this already), a search engine that tells you what the new search results are, one that plays better with semantics (Do you mean Jaguar the car or Jaguar the software or Jaguar the cat?), one that identifies what you’re looking at (weblog, Web site of a corporation, Web site of a news organization, etc.) and one that doesn’t put commercials in the search results.
Speaking of search engine toolbars, the ResourceShelf also reports Dogpile released one that scrolls RSS feed headlines.
