Why Google Should Go Open Source
kidmercury | 08 January, 2006 18:32
Unfortunately, market leaders are resistant to change -- even when such change is obvious and inevitable (RIAA being the quintessential example). And I'd argue that with respect to the Internet search industry, Google, the market leader, is experiencing the same problem: as the web continues to grow exponentially, how much longer can a centralized search system last? How much longer can one system be expected to organize a rapidly growing body of increasingly diverse information? Google is blind to this problem, because as market incumbent, it is not inclined to favor a decentralization of an empire in which it is a majority stakeholder.
Of course, if Google were to realize that decentralized search is an inevitable part of the future -- Amazon's Web Services and its OpenSearch system essentially embody this spirit -- then it would do the following:
- Create a spin off.
- Allow this spin off to freely distribute the algorithm to the Google search engine.
- Help vertical search companies build search engines --
essentially constructing a profit model around serving as a platform
for vertical search entrepreneurs.
The end result would be a spin off of Google that helped the world
organize information in a superior manner -- as well as deliver
advertisements that were even more on target. It would be a potentially
larger and more sustainable revenue stream for Google, and better
information organization for the world at large.
Amazon's OpenSearch is similar in many ways to this idea, and
hence I see it as potentially immensively disruptive. And on an
interesting note, Microsoft developer Chris Wilson has already
announced that IE 7 will use OpenSearch to allow users to integrate third-party search engines into their IE browser.
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Google wont open
webproject | 13/06/2006, 17:13
Dsw | 27/08/2006, 06:15
@webproject, ofcourse they will not open their Algorithms. Opening their Algorithms means welcome to spammers.
Vans shoes | 04/11/2006, 00:06
If Google Algorithms are a secret, then how come there are so many SEO agencies ? Why do they know how to rank well in Google?
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I dont think that Google will open anything. Algorithms are the secrets and they will keep them as secret. I do think so.