The Complete Future of Search Report
It started with a challenge.
Some of the most creative minds, from the front lines of search, contemplated in silence.
Without rules or regulations, they created their visions of what search would look like in 2010 and beyond, and committed them to paper.
Over the past week, I’ve run many of the individual pieces, and I am pleased and proud to present to you the complete report:
The Future of Search from the Rising Star Dream Team
The complete report includes the synopsis, which draws together some of the recurring themes that emerged. It also includes additional pieces by Ephraim Schwartz of Reality Check | InfoWorld and Ran Geva from Omgili.
Here is the table of contents:
- Introduction and synopsis
- Andrew Matthews
- Branton Kenton-Dau
- Raf Manji
- Nitin Karandikar
- Charles Knight
- Ephraim Schwartz
- Ran Geva I
- Ran Geva II
Read it. Peruse it. Enjoy it. Discuss it. Pass it on!
And now the challenge is extended to you. What is your reaction? What is your vision? What do you see as the next generation of search?
Comment here. Send me an email. Talk about it on your own blog. Express yourself in whatever way is best suited to you, but above all I ask you: participate.
The Web is nothing without you.
September 10th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
Happy to digg it - this is great! Just skimmed it, and I’ll read in depth soon. Quite the dream team!
September 10th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
[...] Anyone who has an interest in search, web 2.0 and using those tools for societal betterment should check it out here. [...]
September 12th, 2007 at 3:13 am
The web and searching it has made us different.
What is different is that we are learning immediately.
I am changed already and I expect much more.
The wing of a bird is too slow for us.
The walk of a cat is too late.
September 12th, 2007 at 7:46 am
[...] those who haven’t read it yet here is link to the complete report on the future of search. It’s an eye opening read and [...]
September 13th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
It is a lot of reading but worth the time. I certainly will go through all the details. Looking briefly at the PDF document, I believe all the team members forgot a major defect in current search engines that could create the basis for a completely new line of search engines with new architecture. RSSMicro is determined to look at the search in completely different way which was not covered by ?Rising Starts Dream Team? members.
September 14th, 2007 at 12:45 am
Brian,
Beautifully poetic.
Do you think we are more capable of learning now than pre-Web? It’s a genuine question… I wonder if we’re mistaking quantity for quality.
Babak, thank you for your comment! I would love to hear more—please let me know once you’ve had a look at the PDF.
Thanks to you both.
October 2nd, 2007 at 8:00 am
[...] several people participated to create a collaborative report on the Future of Search. Their well-thought-out contributions made for an intriguing read, and perhaps managed to spark [...]