Comments on: Google's Challenges in Mobile Search

By: Stop Cramming the Mobile Web Into the PC Box – GigaOM

Stop Cramming the Mobile Web Into the PC Box – GigaOM — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:32:09 +0000

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By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:37:13 +0000

I think they just need some time to get picked up by as many carriers as possible and over time as Android really matures they will gain market share. Android has already showed great promise.

By: gbp

gbp — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:32:14 +0000

Android will end like WinMo of today.
They are sneaky , just to give an example , they don’t allow yahoo imap mail.
But they allow forwarding yahoo mail to gmail.

The other apps (maps , and such ) will end up a timely death once Microsoft steps up.

By: Werner Egipsy Souza

Werner Egipsy Souza — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:00:13 +0000

The best reference of what to do, would be the Konqueror http://www.konqueror.org/ !

The entire toolbar should disappear into a Spotlight reference, where every thing can be found through the Search, hence whether you are looking for a contact on the phone, a camera application, or an interesting location, it should all go through the Search Box.

The most important thing, is that Google should get rid of their transcoder, it’s doing more harm than good, in a day where everything is accessible.

By: Libran Lover

Libran Lover — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:25:23 +0000

Google’s mobile search is already addressing all four of these factors. There’s no doubt a long way to go, but Google is already offering search features covering these four factors.

By: Steven Emery

Steven Emery — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:52:48 +0000

“Google could compete against downloadable search apps by building out its mobile web search to include a host of categories.”
if G had niche categories on its search engine 10 years ago they would not have the volume of cybergarbage spam results they have been spewing for years. standardized niche natural language location based categories are the future of mobile and internet search innovation. also who needs a mobile app when the internet works fine and is more adjustable on a mobile device like the iphone. mobile apps are 85% hype.

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:50:25 +0000

80,000,000 potential new Androids users – w00t!

My requirements using the native Google Maps app, on my ADP1, for search have been excellent. If you have an Android phone, try it yourself – better, more relevant research via Google Maps, with location awareness enabled, compared to browser based search.

Also,

“…this is a game Google must play to win.”

From Om’s earlier post, I think they already have:

Microsoft Mobile’s Worst Week Ever

“…Windows Mobile 6.5 couldn’t have received worse reviews. Some of them are so mean that even I am feeling bad for Ma Windows.”

http://gigaom.com/2009/10/11/microsoft-mobiles-worst-week-ever/

By: Justa Notherguy

Justa Notherguy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:14:20 +0000

So, have you ignored or merely discounted the unique features-set of Google’s Mobile Search?

http://www.google.com/mobile/#p=default

On my T-Mobile G1, Voice Search works amazingly well – except in noisy environments – and dovetails beautifully when used in conjunction with the ‘Local’ filter. Not sure if the latter is tied to GPS, only, or also to cell-tower triangulation, but it does a remarkable job of turning up area-specific links, even in the relative wasteland in which I find myself, these days. ;)

And, as of last week, now mobile users also have easy access to the drop-down ‘Search Options’ menu, as seen on the desktop (http://preview.tinyurl.com/yh24u99). None of this is meant to suggest that there’s no room for improvement, but in the brief time these new features have been available, I’ve found the SERPs (results) speak for themselves.

By: courtney benson

courtney benson — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:48:54 +0000

While I’m looking forward to Google’s mobile search, I’m wondering how much the carriers will create problems due to fear- seems all they want to do is control what the software does and look at how they can limit usage.

By: Jason Harris

Jason Harris — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:11:22 +0000

I agree that mobile search should render unique search results versus desktop search results. Which is why I’m chiming in on behalf of Taptu – a search alternative for the mobile web.

Taptu, our mobile search service, only provides search results that our mobile friendly content. In the case of our iPhone application, our Taptu app provides touch-friendly content including iPhone Apps, YouTube videos, images, Twitter results and the regular news and trends as well.

There are weaknesses in mobile search and Taptu is trying to fix them, one query at a time.

-Jason, Taptu Community Manager