Thursday, August 11, 2011
How social search is changing the search function
Google+ is Google’s latest effort to gain access to the data users generate when they post status updates, share photos and comment on friends’ activities. More and more, these social “signals” are becoming a crucial part of how people behave online, and if Google wants to remain on top, it needs to find a way to integrate these features into its search business.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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