They really underserve blogs. There used to be a specific search field for blogs and they actually got rid of it. Unfortunate since decent blogs are really pretty high-content content. I almost wonder if that is why they did it. Blogs are also dying, perhaps for other reasons (e.g. Twitter, which sucks, but oh well). But I wonder if Google had a role.
I added this to basementwhatever.com - and it’s definitely true that it’s really hard to peruse in the same way we did at libraries. The closest is probably the categories of a site like Marginal Revolution.
Why did the web directories fail? Just easier to search than to browse? Could we automate the construction of directories by clustering and classifying a search database? What might that look like? There's also the question of centralized vs decentralized.
So much innovation could happen here. Just hard to compete with "free".
Good read. I put this article in our newsletter.
Memo to myself: https://share.glasp.co/kei/?p=LiNgUqueG2NoK2o5m3QZ
They really underserve blogs. There used to be a specific search field for blogs and they actually got rid of it. Unfortunate since decent blogs are really pretty high-content content. I almost wonder if that is why they did it. Blogs are also dying, perhaps for other reasons (e.g. Twitter, which sucks, but oh well). But I wonder if Google had a role.
I added this to basementwhatever.com - and it’s definitely true that it’s really hard to peruse in the same way we did at libraries. The closest is probably the categories of a site like Marginal Revolution.
Thanks, I've enjoyed your analysis.
Why did the web directories fail? Just easier to search than to browse? Could we automate the construction of directories by clustering and classifying a search database? What might that look like? There's also the question of centralized vs decentralized.
So much innovation could happen here. Just hard to compete with "free".