Comments on: Vertical Search Remains Hot http://comparisonengines.com/2006/04/19/vertical-search-remains-hot/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:27:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jeff Tokarz http://comparisonengines.com/2006/04/19/vertical-search-remains-hot/#comment-461 Thu, 11 May 2006 14:03:53 +0000 http://www.comparisonengines.com/?p=389#comment-461 Stuart, your assessment about the parasitic nature of vertical search engines is dead on! The major job boards, like old-line media companies, must adopt the changes before them or face decreasing market share, etc. The relationship between vertical job search engines, i.e., Just-Posted.com, SimplyHired.com, Indeed.com, etc., need not be parasitic.

Jeff Tokarz
Founder & CEO
Just-Posted Inc.

]]> By: Stuart Meyler http://comparisonengines.com/2006/04/19/vertical-search-remains-hot/#comment-460 Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:38:35 +0000 http://www.comparisonengines.com/?p=389#comment-460 One thing that remains as yet unresolved for the vertical search engines is their parasitic nature. Jakob Nielsen raised this issue with search overall, which, IMHO, was an over reach but in the case of vertical, there is some legitimacy.

The business model of most vertical search engines is based on arbitrage and not much else. Arbitrage is OK, but if I am a travel/real estate/jobs/automotive site I am not sure I would want to fund my own demise. The natural extension of the vertical model is “direct connect”, cutting out the very people supplying the content today. Why crawl Monster, when I can provide a feed for employers directly? More importantly, why would an employeer pay Monster since it is, essentially, a paid inclusion search engine for jobs, if there is a free alternative?

]]> By: Barry Smith http://comparisonengines.com/2006/04/19/vertical-search-remains-hot/#comment-459 Wed, 19 Apr 2006 21:22:41 +0000 http://www.comparisonengines.com/?p=389#comment-459 Hi Brian.
I got your link fom your recent posting to SearchEngineWatch.
It’s certainly a hot space at the moment.
The key for this sort of integration work is speed and comprehensivity. Going form search-engine response times to standard “travel search” response times is going to be a big turn off for some users.
However, having said that, I feel that there are going to be some big movements in Travel in the next couple of months. It’s definitely a Watch this Space vertical.
Best wishes in your new role.
Kind Regards
Barry

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