Google To Have a New Competitor?

exiledone · May 4, 2009

There have been dozens of "Google competitors" in the past and none of them have really made a difference *coughchachacough* - all with their own unique ideas on how to sort/present information.

Wolfram looks cool and sounds cool, but until it proves its worth come launch day, I don't really have much faith in it.

deviatus · May 4, 2009

What exactly makes this new engine so special? There is no catch-line. People need a clear and concise reason to switch from Google to this.

I imagine it will get a boost when it launches just from word-of-mouth, and then it will fizzle latter in the year.

darkman · May 4, 2009

Hope Google will feel threaten and reduce the cost for Adwords!!

Sharer · May 4, 2009

I really hope this new tech will work for us and not become a Gov. project to hinder our cause.

onemedia · May 4, 2009

Interesting, would love to see what happens next.

Maybe we'll finally have a good advertising method rather than relying on Google Adwords.

zhwriter · May 4, 2009

Raistlin said:
Couldnt agree more...

Look how long it took google to get where it is today. You really think anything that is released today would be a competitor straight away? Dont think so...it would take years imo

It only took about 5 years for google to go public on an IPO. It really took them just a year to oust MSN, Altavista, and Yahoo as the number one search engine.

forgetyou · May 4, 2009

Here's the thing, many things in life and especially on the internet are SUBJECTIVE, it's people's version of the truth or their way of seeing it.
How can Wolfthingy determine that?
I mean, long ago I used to think that wikipedia was the gospel and everything was true, then I started hanging out with people like you all and found out it's half made up half bull.

Last but not least, think of branding. Are you going to say to your wife: "just wolfram it honey!!"

, you know what she's gonna ram into you hahahah

zhwriter · May 4, 2009

exiledone said:
Wolfram looks cool and sounds cool, but until it proves its worth come launch day, I don't really have much faith in it.

People said the same about google. I remember I had a friend who said google's front page looked stupid because they didn't have pictures, news, and categories on the home page like Yahoo.

Sweetfunny · May 4, 2009

hiding_whitehat said:
there is no way that anything just entering the market could compete with a brand-established company like Google.

Wolfram and Mathematica isn't new, the Mathematica Language come out in the 80's on floppy disks and the Wolfram company was formed around the same time.

So while them doing the internet search engine thing is new, everything behind it is very advanced. I mucked around with Mathematica many years ago and it's seriously powerful stuff.

I wish them well, and i hope they resist any kind of buyout or partnership from Google.

deguzman523 · May 4, 2009

Yeah, if they get big, I think Google will simply buy them out.

wild1 · May 4, 2009

first month out and has more than 100k unique visitors

Code:

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/wolframalpha.com/

hackersmeker · May 4, 2009

okay new thing..hmm let's monetise this.
I already see the future : DP ebooks about gettin ranked with ur answer on that wolframalph.

projectx · May 4, 2009

What go's up must go down, so sooner or later Big G will lose their monopoly.

Sharer · May 4, 2009

Hey, this thread has been voted for only one star. I think its worth more then that because this is really interesting news about this development.

I'll cast my vote for more ratings on this thread.

lizmoz · May 4, 2009

dre36 said:
I also think the name Wolfram Alpha is quite catchy - its got technological, scientific, inteligence type connotations to it.

Haha, kind of true. And if this baby flies, this wolfram guy has at least made a name out of himself

kel1989 · May 4, 2009

Big G is still the dominating force. No doubt.

plateau · May 4, 2009

Thought this wolfer was supposed to come out in May?...or has it already launched and i'm missing something?

Sweetfunny · May 4, 2009

plateau said:
Thought this wolfer was supposed to come out in May?...or has it already launched and i'm missing something?

You may be missing a calendar? It's only 4 days in to May now which still leaves over 3 weeks in the month.

davioli · May 4, 2009

I doubt Wolfram Alpha can be seen as a search engine. I think its more of a "filtered" information resource.
Its something you would use if you wanted to find when the last volcano erupted on Mt Vesuvius... NOT to find different types of shoes to buy.
It is just an advanced version of an encyclopaedia. Its like Brittanica online getting better technology to answer different questions.

As humans, we are accustomed to choice...how will you feel when your are given information from one source and not given a few other sources to verify it.

This will change nothing for google...it simply means Google can look over its shoulder to get an idea of something it could incorporate into its own search engine. You might see a small snippet inserted by google to give users a choice to see its own version similar to what wolfram spurts out.

Oh..and the Media publicity bears a stark resemblance to "Cuil.com" when it launched just over 7 months ago. See where it is now...I think even BHW has a better Alexa ranking.

As far as Online marketing is concerned. Wolfram will be a new source to copy content and paste it on our sites.

Wolfram Alpha is not a brandable name at all IMO.

wild1 · May 4, 2009

mark said:
I hope google falls and we can really monetize this baby it would eb an amazing new exploit!

Yeah G sucks! lol

How did you get your REP at -9999999??

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