Comments on: Silicon Valley’s buzzing with Vertical Search

By: Hrvoje Bujas

Hrvoje Bujas — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:55:19 +0000

Here is a vertical search engine for Real estates based on our own creativity and ideas. GoHome is searcing all realestates in 6 European countries in this moment more the 6 000 000 realestates ( and rising ), in Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Chech Republic, Slovakia and Serbia, with plans for expansion on CEE ( Poland, Austria, Bulgaria…) thrue 2010/2011.

GoHome is a startin placa for finding home in these part of Europe…so if You searching for real estate in Europe,go to GoHome …

By: Rachel Roberts

Rachel Roberts — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:32:24 +0000

Here is a vertical search engine (Based on Google Custom Search)

http://www.helpwithdotnet.com/

As a .NET developer, I find great value in using the search engine for my work. There is a definitely room for niche search engines.

By: Vidal

Vidal — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:06:54 +0000

Hi, I’ve just finished my new vertical job search engine JobGeni http://www.jobgeni.com that runs on Google AJAX Feed API. It’s pulls the data from several major jobsites like indeed, simplyhired, yahoo hotjobs, monster and jobster.

By: Hitchhiker's Guide to 650

Hitchhiker's Guide to 650 — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:27:49 +0000

When Vertical Search Died and No One Cared

Ok, Albert’s succinct and brilliant 5 words commentary is probably all you really need to read, but what the hell, if you prefer the long winded, convoluted, overly analyzed version, read on! (this shows exactly why I’m never dreamed of pu...

By: Jughead

Jughead — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:08:48 +0000

It's also important to have a very easy to remember domain and have your vertical be found via direct navigation by end users. It's primitive, yet effective.

Ex: collegelecturepodcasts.com

By: Andy Black

Andy Black — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:45:37 +0000

The E-consultancy/Convera "Vertical Search Survey 2008" has just been released and reveals some very interesting information.

CPM will be fastest-growing revenue stream for publishers in 2008

Online revenue set to increase while print income flattens or decreases

Content owners must ensure visibility within fragmenting digital landscape by embracing RSS, widgets and toolbars.

Publishers see vertical search as opportunity to ‘reclaim the online community from Google’.

The fastest-growing revenue streams for publishers in 2008 will be internet display advertising and online sponsorship.

Some 72% of publishers are expecting an increase in income from CPM advertising next year and 67% are predicting a rise in digital sponsorship, while print revenues are more likely to flatten or decrease. Just under two thirds (64%) are expecting a rise in paid search (PPC) revenue.

The findings come from a survey which was circulated to members of the Association of Online Publishers (AOP), American Business Media (ABM), Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB UK) and E-consultancy’s early-adopter community of internet marketers.

The research also highlights the need for specialist publishers to react quickly to major changes in the digital environment in order to maintain and increase their market share and visibility.

Publishers need to adapt to maximize their digital revenues at a time of shifting advertising budgets. Trends in digital marketing are leading towards a fragmentation of the online landscape and ‘atomization’ of content. Content owners have a great opportunity to increase visibility for their content through the effective use of vertical search, feeds, widgets and toolbars.

The level of uptake for feeds and customized homepages is very high among this early-adopter audience surveyed but this kind of online behavior will soon become more widespread among knowledge workers across a wider range of industries.”

Some 93% of more than 500 media and internet professionals said that they would be ‘very likely’ or ‘quite likely’ to use a search engine that focused on serving their specific business or work needs.

More than 70% of publishers perceived ‘reclaiming the online community from Google’ to be either a major benefit or a minor benefit from vertical search.

To download a free online copy of the full report, click here http://www.convera.com/survey/

By: Joel

Joel — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:22:43 +0000

Vertical searches makes sense. When a person is looking for information what good does a general search provider do when 50% of all results are bogus or irrelevant?

By: Crispyweb Team

Crispyweb Team — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:19:16 +0000

Check out, Multi Search Engine - Crispyweb Beta version - it helps you search 14 top search engines by comparing 2 search engines in a frame, allows user to select search engine from the drop down list. Search Yahoo! and Google side by side also. Visit http://www.crispyweb.com/

By: Reboot Studios : Internet, Web 2.0 and more … » Search 2.0 Concepts : Vertical Search

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:30:19 +0000

[...] large search engines is also likely to drive more marketers to vertical search.” According to GigaOM, “Vertical search can offer a more focused audience, and thus increase the efficiency of ads [...]

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:20:11 +0000

There's definitely opportunity in serving niche markets.