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Re: Re Freshness
I've been told by many sources that Google has had the means to do RSS search for a long time, and (for whatever reason) they have simply chosen not to deploy it. Yet. There were rumors that they would come out with RSS search in June, but it didn't happen. Could be they don't want to be a bad guy and flatten the pioneers in the market. This isn't likewhen they were the underdog to Hotbot and Yahoo and Altavista. They're Gozilla now. The RSS engines are all Bambies. It would be bad form for them to smash 'em all with one foot. If they can. Which is another question. The whole category is changing very fast. Most of the innovation is coming from the independent developers. Maybe it's better to watch and wait. Let the pioneers blaze the trails. Google is a big company, but it's also frying a LOT of fish, all at once. They can't do everything. And when they do it, they clearly want to do it well. In that way, they're kind lf like Apple and Pixar. A friend who works for Apple told me Steve Jobs doesn't do anything unless he's sure it will be a hit. None of this throwing 50,000 SKUs at a marketplace, like Sony does, to see what sticks. Better to take extreme care and only put out goods that people are sure to want. I suspect Google is the same way. That doesn't explain why they've let Blogger fall behind, but then, all rules need exceptions, no?
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