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What Google's Brin Said That Will Anger Wolfram Alpha 
By: Andy Beal 2009-05-08 ZDNets Larry Digman suspects Googles Sergey Brin is looking over his shoulder at the start-up Wolfram Alpha. Picking through Brins annual Founders Letter Digman found this aside: "I think it will soon be possible to have a search engine that understands more of the queries and documents than we do today. Others claim to have accomplished this, and Googles systems have more smarts behind the curtains than may be apparent from the outside, but the field as a whole is still shy of where I would have expected it to be." I tend to agree that this is a reference to Wolfram Alpha, but I dont think it suggests Google is concerned about the start-ups claims. On the contrary, it appears this one statement sends a number of strong messages: 1. Google has technology behind the curtains that its not yet ready to reveal, but likely more powerful than being touted by Wolfram Alpha. 2. Where Brin says the field as a whole is still shy of where I would have expected it to be you can translate that as him not being impressed by Wolfram Alphas offering. 3. It will soon be possible that well have a search engine that understands our search queries better. Hes not talking about a different search engine folks, hes talking about Google. History is littered with the rotten carcasses of search engines that have failed to challenge Google"both archaic dinosaurs such as Alta Vista, and young whippersnappers such as Cuil. Does anyone really think that Wolfram Alpha has what it takes to take on Google? Comments Tag: Wolfram Alpha Add to  Del.icio.us |  Digg |  Reddit |  Furl Have a bookmark! -  About the Author: Andy Beal is an internet marketing consultant and considered one of the world's most respected and interactive search engine marketing experts. Andy has worked with many Fortune 1000 companies such as Motorola, CitiFinancial, Lowes, Alaska Air, DeWALT, NBC and Experian. You can read his internet marketing blog at Marketing Pilgrim and reach him at andy.beal@gmail.com. |
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