Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Google's Secret Weapon: Document Scanners

Microsoft has a fancy new search engine on the market, and SharePoint, too. But Google is, most methodically, doing some serious damage to competition with their use of document scanning and document imaging technology.

Look at this news clip here, as turned up by Google natural search.

Scan as many newspapers as possible, with labor had for cheap enough, right, and then see what happens--this strategy seems a smart one. Not only can you populate the rest of the page with ads, your search stands out from the competition in terms of quality.

Remember, for instance, how newspapers used to employ great writers and pay them enough to live with. Those days are not yet completely gone, but another age has arrived in the meantime.

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Anonymous said...

I always new that newspapers were temporary. It's good to see technologies that may preserve those valuable records. On a side note, leave it to Google to dominate in another arena.

 
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