Thursday, June 22, 2006

Search battle just starting, Yahoo says | InfoWorld | News | 2006-06-21 | By Sumner Lemon, IDG News Service

Search battle just starting, Yahoo says | InfoWorld | News | 2006-06-21 | By Sumner Lemon, IDG News Service :


"'Anything that requires human expertise, where you would value the opinion of your neighbor, your friend, your mentor, people you trust in different contexts -- that's the real opportunity,' Horowitz said."--infoworld.com

Though Google might be the search engine king, Yahoo! plans to challenge it.  While traditional searches are based on navigation, Yahoo! is trying to add a human element to searches.  For example, del.icio.us is a social bookmarking service wherein an individual can discover what fellow users find interesting.

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