The information loaded era is not that easy to encapsulate or tagged with just one searchh engine and this must be a coloborative effort with the idea and goal of providing users with most up to date knowledge and not to wipe off some existing sources. See the great difference in the goals of two, one aims for knowledge and other for gerenal serach, and this difference speaks for itself.

Interesting, was Google introduced to the public as Yahoo killer? I don't think so. So , so every  new earch engine is introduced as Google killer but  I  still can't smell of decay. do you?

May be to be Google killer ,  one has to kill Google at first  and then, to be proclaimed Google killer- just a thought :)))

Hi Paul,

This is the link to that Microsoft report you refer to. Very interesting stats there on search market share:

Nielsen Online numbers for April show Microsoft having 9.9 percent of the U.S. search market, as compared to 16.3 percent for Yahoo and 64 percent for Google.

All the best. - Kim

It's been reported that MSFT will unveil their new and trendy search engine called KUMO very soon. Anothet Google killer?? Hmm let's wait and see:

Report: Microsoft to unveil Kumo search engine next week

Hi ChrisTOP,

That's a very interesting question that you pose

Have you ever searched for something(that existed) using Google and not found it?

There are of course things that exist that are not on Google but they tend to be quaint, regional and definitely not in the digital realm.  One example:

Growing up in Avoca, New York I often played a child's game where children sat in a circle and each said to the other in turn "This is a sad and serious occasion."  The object was for neither party to laugh.  If a child laughed he left the circle and so the circle got smaller and smaller until finally only the person who had never laughed was left. 

I always thought that this was a common game that many had played, but Google does not recognize the phrase "This is a sad and serious occasion."  It must be that the game is peculiar to the particular area I grew up in and unknown elsewhere.  It is in fact the only significant thing I have found in my life that is not in Google! 

On researching it further I find that our game was our own local version of the game “Honey, if you love me won't you please please smile?” but that game is much more structured than the one we played.  Our game was quite simple in comparison, with no romantic flavor.

You will be able to find other things like this, but generally you are right almost everything that exists is there. 

And of course as a consequence of this post my example will be on Google now!  We can see how long it takes to appear there!

All the best. - Kim

Thanks for giving us updaes on Larry Page's take on Wolfram Alpha. People who are on the look out for some kind of mythical Google killer have just failed to realized as Page pointed out that search is still in its infancy. Microsoft is currently running several research labs across europe in order to make further progress on search.

So it's quite a good thing to have the likes of Wolfram Alpha. May be aonther person will use it as a springboard to make further progress in our continue quest to unravel the marvels and potential that are locked up in the internet..

From the blog of Gareth Jones (editor of Revolution magazine), following the Google Zeitgeist day in London:

[Larry] Page on Wolfram Alpha: "All those kinds of things are good. There are a lot of things that still need to be done in search."

I think that backs up Nicole's article pretty well.

Very true jp, and we do tend to love these David vs. Goliath matchups, but generally the little guy ends up on the losing end, or being acquired.

Speaking of Netscape, I remember back in 1995/96 when Microsoft was caught completely flat-footed by the Internet and Netscape's browser had 80+% market share. Everyone was predicting MS' demise and Marc Andriessen would be the next Bill Gates, and Netscape was successful for a while. Then in early 1996 Gates made his famous "we are now an Internet company" speech and MS threw all of its resources into remaking itself, and ....well yeah, where is Netscape?

Google biggest issue is trying to gorw too big, too fast by getting into so many diferent services and offerings. One day, they will find the straw that may break their back. YouTube?

Personally, I don't see what Google has to worry about. As far as I can tell, Google offers everything Wolfram does, plus a lot more. The information I recieve with a Wolfram search is nothing I can't find using Google, so what is the incentive to use Wolfram?

In my opinion, nothing will ever "kill" Google, because there is nothing wrong with Google.

Let me ask you fine folks a question: Have you ever searched for something(that existed) using Google and not found it?

If your answer is no(and mine is) then what exactly is the point of a new, hot search engine?

Wolfram gives you the facts. Google gives you... well... everything.