Comments on: The future of search is gravitational: Content will come to you http://gigaom.com/2013/02/07/the-future-of-search-is-gravitational-content-will-come-to-you/ Fri, 24 May 2013 02:04:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dheerthans http://gigaom.com/2013/02/07/the-future-of-search-is-gravitational-content-will-come-to-you/#comment-1328930 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 06:26:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=608709#comment-1328930 The Future of Search is to eliminate the mountains of links the search engines are giving

]]> By: Chris http://gigaom.com/2013/02/07/the-future-of-search-is-gravitational-content-will-come-to-you/#comment-1327591 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:08:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=608709#comment-1327591 Aikin HyperSearch 2.0 just released with a completely re-designed user interface and fuzzy content search with proximity detection across your information items, including:
OneNote, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Rtf, HTML, Adobe PDF, Outlook Email, Contacts, Tasks, Notes, Calendar, and in a few days it will scan Evernote as well.

Full disclosure – I’m on the team.

We have a new FREE version available that works well for basic users.

In response to ben, we consider our customer’s privacy extremely important. If you look at our privacy agreement, we do not capture or upload any of your private documents/information. The application does tell our servers when someone has installed our app, but this is only used for general analytics and statistics. When you register, your customer information is used only for customer communications, and is never sold or re-distributed for marketing purposes.

This is an exciting field to be in. The way we consume, manage/curate, and make use of information is going evolve dramatically over the next decade.

]]> By: ben http://gigaom.com/2013/02/07/the-future-of-search-is-gravitational-content-will-come-to-you/#comment-1316204 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:10:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=608709#comment-1316204 So the analogy with GMail makes sense–except that the content on my desktop or system is used to aid in future “searches” rather than advertisements. This trend strikes me as lazy–exchanging self-generated searches based on individual creativity, initiative, self-awareness, and intelligence for an algorithm’s multiple choice quiz about what I really want to know. Before adapting such technology, people should want to know what privacy protections are in place–why should you give up the contents of your desktop for supposed added convenience to some amalgamating bot? where else is this information going, being sold, or being used to further some other marketing interest?

]]> By: MobileApps_RT http://gigaom.com/2013/02/07/the-future-of-search-is-gravitational-content-will-come-to-you/#comment-1310012 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 09:46:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=608709#comment-1310012 Gravitational here more in the sense information being “Pulled” towards you…Hence the author chose the image

]]> By: pallabgupta http://gigaom.com/2013/02/07/the-future-of-search-is-gravitational-content-will-come-to-you/#comment-1309973 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 03:04:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=608709#comment-1309973 You say “gravitational” and show a magnet. Wrong choice of picture.

]]> By: BarbaraBlogsIt http://gigaom.com/2013/02/07/the-future-of-search-is-gravitational-content-will-come-to-you/#comment-1309790 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:07:16 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=608709#comment-1309790 Truly, I see remember going through pains when I was doing research for my school projects. Search engines keep getting better and this is great.

]]> By: Chris http://gigaom.com/2013/02/07/the-future-of-search-is-gravitational-content-will-come-to-you/#comment-1309785 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:01:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=608709#comment-1309785 That is often the hardest part for researchers or Googlers, the abundance of content is sometimes a burden, creating more agile ways to find what you need is definitely going to be a central theme of search engine progress as the web continues to develop.

Incorporating this tech into analytics for business users could also have an awesome impact.

]]> By: Chris http://gigaom.com/2013/02/07/the-future-of-search-is-gravitational-content-will-come-to-you/#comment-1309783 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:59:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=608709#comment-1309783 Will this new “gravitational content” process function through say alerts or notifications? Or is it directly aimed at advertisement channels embedded in the pages. I think notifications and alerts similar to the iPad, iPhone and Android could be very useful…

]]> By: David Warren http://gigaom.com/2013/02/07/the-future-of-search-is-gravitational-content-will-come-to-you/#comment-1309757 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:16:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=608709#comment-1309757 For a great example of this concept in action, check out the novel Acelerando by Charles Stross, its a great work for speculative sci-fi. The main character is supported by “intelligent agents” that are contextually aware and provide useful information. These are essentially expert systems that take into account behavior, relationships, environment, ontologies, etc., to give the user what they need when they need it.

]]> By: anusheeltandon http://gigaom.com/2013/02/07/the-future-of-search-is-gravitational-content-will-come-to-you/#comment-1309591 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:05:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=608709#comment-1309591 Jokes apart… this has future potential.

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