Google and Search

[Stecyk]

Hi,

There is an interesting NY Times article http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/01/te...ss&oref=slogin that discusses start-ups wanting to dethrone Google.

“There’s definitely a segment of the market that thinks we are crazy,” said Charles Moldow, a partner at Foundation Capital, a venture capital firm that is Powerset’s principal financial backer. “In 2000, some people thought Google was crazy.”

Powerset is hardly alone. Even as Google continues to outmaneuver its main search rivals, Yahoo and Microsoft, plenty of newcomers — with names like hakia, ChaCha and Snap — are trying to beat the company at its own game. And Wikia Inc., a company started by a founder of Wikipedia, plans to develop a search engine that, like the popular Web-based encyclopedia, would be built by a community of programmers and users.

What I found interesting is that there are still venture capital monies available for newer and better search engines. The field has not been left to Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft. It's a tough competitive business.

The NY Times article is free with registration. I think the free period lasts for 7 days or something like that.

Best regards,
Kevin