Walled Garden Update: The Era of Proprietary Browsers

June 8, 2012

Hear ye! Hear ye!! A new era of proprietary browsing is fast approaching! The article Yahoo’s Axis Brings Shared Visual Search Results to iOS and Browsers heralds the coming of Axis visual search application better than a professional crier paid in gold. If Yahoo’s Axis surprised us all by toppling the proprietary ruling class, the gold would go to them.

According to the author:

“Yahoo’s Axis visual search app and browser extension replaces text-based search results with visual representations of pages. The results appear in a carousel similar to Apple’s Cover Flow navigation in OS X, and can be synced between multiple devices on the same account. For example, a search that begins on an iPhone can be continued on a Windows computer with the Axis browser extension installed. “

At times, searching the web can be tiresome, in particular when doing video related search. You utilize key words hoping to be a click away from the scene or page you seek, but it doesn’t always work that way. Results vary according to browser and research methods.

The future is visual, but how does visual work with concepts? Initially, IE took the crown, and has comfortably sat on the throne ever since. However, with the era of proprietary browsers fast approaching, a challenger could arise. Moving across the board we have Axis, strategizing his next move towards the Crown.

Jennifer Shockley, June 8, 2012

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Stephen E. Arnold monitors search, content processing, text mining and related topics from his high-tech nerve center in rural Kentucky. He tries to winnow the goose feathers from the giblets. He works with colleagues worldwide to make this Web log useful to those who want to go "beyond search". Contact him at sa [at] arnoldit.com. His Web site with additional information about search is arnoldit.com.