tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post111402986286668647..comments2008-12-09T12:05:02.195-08:00Greg Lindenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09216403000599463072glinden@gmail.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1114353057981988582005-04-24T07:30:00.000-07:002005-04-24T07:30:00.000-07:00It's true that A9 was early on search history. But I'm not sure that matters now that Yahoo, Ask, and others have similar features.<BR/><BR/>Being first only helps if you push that advantage. A9 has gone in a few other interesting directions -- local search with photos and distributed search with OpenSearch -- but they haven't delivered anything new in personalized search for a year. Now it's looking like Google and Yahoo are positioned to lead in personalized search.Greg Lindenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09216403000599463072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1114341763885787352005-04-24T04:22:00.000-07:002005-04-24T04:22:00.000-07:00Google came a bit late and half-dressed to this party. I've been using A9 for almost a year, search AND bookmarks saved externally with a diary feature for commenting on sites found. Superior product that uses the Google appliance for relevancy.<BR/><A HREF="http://www.mamajama.com/blog/archives/tech/index.html" REL="nofollow">read more</A>Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04514375393900072305noreply@blogger.com