Whenever a new contender for Google's title as Top Search Engine appears, the story plays out the same way. The new search engine (SE) gets lots of attention for doing something that Google does not. (For example, I have covered A9.com, Clusty, MS Search, KartOO, Ask.com, and Wolfram Alpha in the past issues of IT.) But soon after, the contender-or rather pretender-slips in market share or into obscurity. As in a title fight, you can't just edge the champ; you have to win decisively.
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