There is a new Emerging Technology in the \u201chelp me find what I want\u201d space\u2026 and it isn\u2019t search\u2026 it is Discovery.<\/p>\n
Discovery Moves Beyond Search<\/p>\n
Internet search works well, particularly when you know the precise items for which you are looking. What happens, however, when you can\u2019t find the magic words to type into your search box?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nAggregate Knowledge<\/a> is challenging the predominate technology for finding what you want on the web. Instead of typing search \u201ckey words\u201d into a search engine and sorting through a list of the things on the web that are associated with those key words they seek to rely on the \u201cWisdom of Crowds\u201d. As they put it:<\/p>\n\u201cYou walk by a crowded club that looks cool, so you go in.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
They have just received another round of financing – approximately 20 million – are reportedly revenue neutral and have brand name clients (e.g., overstock.com).<\/p>\n
For a glimpse at their strategy see this press release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There is a new Emerging Technology in the \u201chelp me find what I want\u201d space\u2026 and it isn\u2019t search\u2026 it is Discovery. Discovery Moves Beyond Search Internet search works well, particularly when you know the precise items for which you are looking. What happens, however, when you can\u2019t find the magic words to type into… Continue reading How do I search for what I want… when I don’t know what I want…<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.briantroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.briantroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.briantroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.briantroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.briantroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.briantroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.briantroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.briantroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.briantroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}