Silicon Valley WebGuild: Vertical Search Trends

Google Tech Talks August 23, 2006 Silicon Valley Web Guild http://www.webguild.org/ Presenters: Michael Yang, Founder, President and CEO, Become.com Gautam Godhwani, President, Simply Hired Suranga Chandratillake, Founder & CTO, Blinkx ABSTRACT What is it vertical search? It is search focused on a specific vertical. Vertical search engines mine data for one specific niche of the market place — for example, travel, jobs, hotels, music, movies, and even health care. As web sites and data proliferate, the task of locating specific information gets tougher. Vertical search engines provide an efficient way to get to that information. Verticals are very different from domain specific portals...