Comments on: Future of Search Event Nov. 30 to Draw Top Startups, VCs, and Execs to UW http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/11/11/future-of-search-event-nov-30-to-draw-top-startups-vcs-and-execs-to-uw/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:54:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Jeff Alhadeff http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/11/11/future-of-search-event-nov-30-to-draw-top-startups-vcs-and-execs-to-uw/comment-page-1/#comment-91956 Jeff Alhadeff Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:37:08 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=50040#comment-91956 Boost eLearning provides end user training to effectively find business information by using the 15 filters and operators available within Google, as well as the newly released options. While each of these skills is really powerful even by itself, they become more effective when combined. So much of search seems to be developing search engines that are focused around a certain topic, such as social media. Bing, with its move away from universal search, has in a certain way built in ways of filtering results to more easily find what you are looking for. Yet with some simple training on very easy to use techniques, end users can really take over the decision making process, and get more robust functionality by using Google. It is my belief, that even with the best search engine, an end user who doesn't know what they are doing will not find quality information. What I am looking forward to, and I will try to do with as much of an open mind as possible, is to understand what the benefits that new advancements in search are, and to see if they are better than just effectively using Google. See you there. Jeff Boost eLearning provides end user training to effectively find business information by using the 15 filters and operators available within Google, as well as the newly released options. While each of these skills is really powerful even by itself, they become more effective when combined.

So much of search seems to be developing search engines that are focused around a certain topic, such as social media. Bing, with its move away from universal search, has in a certain way built in ways of filtering results to more easily find what you are looking for. Yet with some simple training on very easy to use techniques, end users can really take over the decision making process, and get more robust functionality by using Google. It is my belief, that even with the best search engine, an end user who doesn’t know what they are doing will not find quality information.

What I am looking forward to, and I will try to do with as much of an open mind as possible, is to understand what the benefits that new advancements in search are, and to see if they are better than just effectively using Google.

See you there.

Jeff

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