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Issue #111: Looking Forward
----------------------------------------------------------------- SearchReturn Discussion List "Understanding Internet Search Technology" ----------------------------------------------------------------- Moderator: Published by: Disa Johnson SearchReturn http://www.searchreturn.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- January 04, 2007 SearchReturn Issue #111 ----------------------------------------------------------------- SEND POSTS: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Refer a friend: http://www.searchreturn.com/subscribe.shtml ----------------------------------------------------------------- .....IN THIS DIGEST..... // -- ESSENTIAL NEWS -- // "Looking Forward" ----------------------------------------------------------------- // -- ESSENTIAL NEWS -- // ----------------------------------------------------------------- ==> Looking Forward http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/03/technology/03google.html Essentials: The year 2007 is forecasted to be another great year for search. The things that have changed, with the addition of new platforms other than search gaining the spotlight, such as MySpace, YouTube and Digg, search still has a functioning role to play. Google now owns YouTube and Yahoo! is making headway with its Flickr and del.icio.us acquisitions. As for opportunity, Google has apparently relaxed its noteworthy hiring procedure, (noteworthy and rediculous at times), to allow valuable employees that might otherwise have gone unnoticed. If you have aspirations to work for Google, they are only deloying the new questionaire with 15% of the prospects, so you might want to wait to hear more before applying. What we believe people should be on the lookout for in 2007 is the affect that the del.icio.us social bookmarking application will have on Yahoo!. Perhaps towards the end of 2007 this will become clearer, but search can be highly influenced by social bookmarking and the tagging phenomenon. The rather haphazard way in which people name their tags is an issue that socialized applications have to overcome. Del.icio.us uses an excellent tag recommendation feature that guides people to use better tag names. Once you learn to search the user-base tag cloud, amazing sites can be found using single word queries! Disa had a chance last October to talk a little about this on The Daily SearchCast show. Tune in to the archived show (October 25th, 2006) at WebmasterRadio.fm or visit the SearchReturn Resource Center for more information. http://www.webmasterradio.fm/episodes/index.php?showId=30 The following MP3 link is directed at an audio file. Access it over high-speed only, and with a machine configured with an audio player capable of handling the MP3 file format. http://media.webmasterradio.fm/episodes/audio/2006/SC102506.mp3 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stay Tuned. Got feedback?: http://www.searchreturn.com/feedback.shtml Archives: http://www.searchreturn.com/digest-archive.shtml Alternate formats: http://www.searchreturn.com/info-formats.shtml Manage Subscriptions: http://www.searchreturn.com/help/manage-subs.shtml Problems unsubscribing? Contact the postmaster: mailto:postmaster@searchreturn.com Information on how to sponsor this publication: http://www.searchreturn.com/help/advertise.shtml Published by SearchReturn http://www.searchreturn.com Website Membership: http://www.searchreturn.com/register.shtml The contents of the digest do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SearchReturn or Disa Johnson. SearchReturn and Disa Johnson make no warranties, either expressed or implied, about the truth or accuracy of the contents of the SearchReturn Digest. Copyright 2007 Disa Johnson. All Rights Reserved. -----------------------------------------------------------------