Comments on: The Business of Search http://drivehard.net/blog/2006/commerce/the-business-of-search/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:37:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Will http://drivehard.net/blog/2006/commerce/the-business-of-search/#comment-6 Will Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:21:55 +0000 http://drivehard.net/blog/2006/commerce/the-business-of-search/#comment-6 it would be ever cooler if you rotated through several different images at the top of the page. it would be ever cooler if you rotated through several different images at the top of the page.

]]> By: Will http://drivehard.net/blog/2006/commerce/the-business-of-search/#comment-4 Will Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:03:50 +0000 http://drivehard.net/blog/2006/commerce/the-business-of-search/#comment-4 "build it and they will come?" Google and Yahoo have shared one important trait from the beginning. The service they "invented" was because of their own need to aggregate data into a usable form. It 'just so happened' that 380 million other people wanted to look at information the same way. So of the 16 million cars being sold every day, I'd say a few would be interested in finding the BEST service available for their car. Or of the 730,008 people in Columbus, Ohio, a few prolly need ideas on how to spend their free time. Searching isn't like selling widgets. You'll run out of widgets eventually. “build it and they will come?”

Google and Yahoo have shared one important trait from the beginning. The service they “invented” was because of their own need to aggregate data into a usable form. It ‘just so happened’ that 380 million other people wanted to look at information the same way.

So of the 16 million cars being sold every day, I’d say a few would be interested in finding the BEST service available for their car. Or of the 730,008 people in Columbus, Ohio, a few prolly need ideas on how to spend their free time.

Searching isn’t like selling widgets. You’ll run out of widgets eventually.

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