{"id":851,"date":"2011-10-28T00:06:12","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T07:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spreadingscience.com\/?p=851"},"modified":"2011-10-28T00:06:14","modified_gmt":"2011-10-28T07:06:14","slug":"why-google-losing-site-of-search-comes-at-a-bad-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadingscience.com\/2011\/10\/28\/why-google-losing-site-of-search-comes-at-a-bad-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Google losing sight of search comes at a bad time"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"siri\"by <\/em>AndersP<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

How Siri Disrupts Search<\/a>
[Via Daring Fireball<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n

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Rich Mogull, at TidBITS:<\/p>\n

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Siri doesn\u2019t replace search, but in many cases it circumvents it by directing users straight to integrated partner services. When you ask for the nearest Indian restaurant there\u2019s still a search taking place, but it\u2019s through Yelp, not a generic search engine that would include Yelp plus various other results.<\/p>\n

By skipping the search engine and going straight to a designated source there is no place to insert advertising.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

[More<\/a>]<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I wrote earlier about the apparent trend of Google<\/a> to modify search in ways that actually make it less useful. This is a bad time for it to lose sight of its primary product.<\/em><\/p>\n

Because Siri is about to change mobile search. 2\/3rds of mobile search<\/a> comes from iOS devices. But Siri reduces directed search that Google needs in order to get revenue.<\/em><\/p>\n

In fact, Siri uses things like Yelp and thus supports their models while Google actually actively works to harm Yelp.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

So Apple now has a method to reduce ad revenue that Google is used to getting and to also help Google’s competitors. <\/em><\/p>\n

I’m thinking that Google shouldn’t aughta have ticked Steve off.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by AndersP How Siri Disrupts Search[Via Daring Fireball] Rich Mogull, at TidBITS: Siri doesn\u2019t replace search, but in many cases it circumvents it by directing users straight to integrated partner services. When you ask for the nearest Indian restaurant there\u2019s still a search taking place, but it\u2019s through Yelp, not a generic search engine that … Continue reading Why Google losing sight of search comes at a bad time<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe2yp-dJ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":300,"url":"https:\/\/www.spreadingscience.com\/2008\/07\/28\/cuil-is-middling\/","url_meta":{"origin":851,"position":0},"title":"Cuil is middling","date":"July 28, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Cuil Misses Me: [Via chrisbrogan.com] I just tried out Cuil, which is supposed to be amazing and better search engine, and what not (that's what they told Mike Arrington). 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