http://www.planetsaad.com Planet Saad Blog Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:04:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://www.planetsaad.com/2009/06/27/demystifying-horizontal-vs-vertical-searches/ http://www.planetsaad.com/2009/06/27/demystifying-horizontal-vs-vertical-searches/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:18:04 +0000 admin http://66.147.242.89/~planets5/?p=88 In an earlier post I argued that Google would benefit from acquiring search engines in verticals such as travel, jobs, and products. By doing so, Google can retain “rich” traffic which otherwise might directly go to those search engines for specific needs. Read the full article »

]]> http://www.planetsaad.com/2009/06/27/demystifying-horizontal-vs-vertical-searches/feed/ 0 http://www.planetsaad.com/2009/06/01/did-google-get-binged/ http://www.planetsaad.com/2009/06/01/did-google-get-binged/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:12:14 +0000 admin http://66.147.242.89/~planets5/?p=79 I rarely praise a product by Microsoft, but Bing forced me to do so. In fact, you will find a bunch of articles in praise of Bing today. Here, rather than discussing the features or UI of Bing, I would discuss a few core issues – namely vertical search and network effects, which will play an important role in the search engines war. Read the full article »

]]> http://www.planetsaad.com/2009/06/01/did-google-get-binged/feed/ 0