Comments on: Two Dinosaurs: Two Behaviors http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2008/10/17/two-dinosaurs-one-gets-out-of-the-storm-the-other-does-not/ by Stephen E. Arnold Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:04:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Borja Ramirez http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2008/10/17/two-dinosaurs-one-gets-out-of-the-storm-the-other-does-not/comment-page-1/#comment-25708 Borja Ramirez Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:42:09 +0000 http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/?p=2454#comment-25708 that´s right, success comes from the hands of the artisan! that´s right, success comes from the hands of the artisan!

]]> By: Stephen E. Arnold http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2008/10/17/two-dinosaurs-one-gets-out-of-the-storm-the-other-does-not/comment-page-1/#comment-25681 Stephen E. Arnold Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:06:32 +0000 http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/?p=2454#comment-25681 Bojar Ramirez One man's dinosaur is another man's labradoodle (designer dog created by breeding a labrador retriever and a poodle). Stephen Arnold, October 17, 2008 Bojar Ramirez

One man’s dinosaur is another man’s labradoodle (designer dog created by breeding a labrador retriever and a poodle).

Stephen Arnold, October 17, 2008

]]> By: Borja Ramirez http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2008/10/17/two-dinosaurs-one-gets-out-of-the-storm-the-other-does-not/comment-page-1/#comment-25644 Borja Ramirez Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:54:05 +0000 http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/?p=2454#comment-25644 I partially agree with you Steve. Wolters Kluwer´s decision to choose Convera for a vertical search initiative in the consumer market doesn´t make a lot of sense to me, to be honest. However, I must say, that the success of the US nursery project will not be related to the technological selection they´ve made (as you´ve indirectly mentioned there´re aren´t many differentiators between software vendors in the site search arena); the success of a vertical search project comes from the ability to align vertical access patterns with vertical data. That is, the challenge is not technological only, but it´s more to do with understanding the particular needs of the user and being able to design access scenarios that answer vertical questions in a relevant and simple way. In my view, the vertical search products that have previously had any success (health, property, law, etc), the search product had very little to do with it. I partially agree with you Steve. Wolters Kluwer´s decision to choose Convera for a vertical search initiative in the consumer market doesn´t make a lot of sense to me, to be honest. However, I must say, that the success of the US nursery project will not be related to the technological selection they´ve made (as you´ve indirectly mentioned there´re aren´t many differentiators between software vendors in the site search arena); the success of a vertical search project comes from the ability to align vertical access patterns with vertical data. That is, the challenge is not technological only, but it´s more to do with understanding the particular needs of the user and being able to design access scenarios that answer vertical questions in a relevant and simple way. In my view, the vertical search products that have previously had any success (health, property, law, etc), the search product had very little to do with it.

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