Squabbling over Categorized Search
May 19, 2011
Retention JackJacks published an interesting article called “In 2006, Hakia’s Categorized Search, Hakia Galleries Was Introduced. Bing Introduces Similar Feature” seems to provide another example of me-too innovation in search.
We don’t know who invented categorized outputs. Maybe the prototype I saw at Lycos two decades ago? The text only outputs from SDC Orbit in the late 1970s? Gone are the days of searching books for information, the Internet is the first place people turn when searching for facts. Realizing this, search engines have become more advanced to expedite the search process. One such advancement is categorized search, a feature introduced by Hakia in 2006 and now being used by Bing.
The CEO of Hakia stated, “Imitation is the highest form of flattery,” in regard to Bing’s new feature. Hakia received many accolades for the introduction of categorized search, which has proven to be a popular and useful feature. Hakia was founded in 2004 and continues to develop new technology with “potential to revolutionize the search industry.”
The article on this website was nearly impossible to decipher as nearly every sentence had some sort of typo or grammatical error. The content of this article certainly had the potential to be interesting and helpful information, but the lack of editing completely tarnishes the appeal of the article.
Robert Fanning, May 19, 2011
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