tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post111094325066085536..comments2024-03-24T10:38:16.997-07:00Comments on Geeking with Greg: What's open about A9's OpenSearch?Greg Lindenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09216403000599463072noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1111257239589495192005-03-19T10:33:00.000-08:002005-03-19T10:33:00.000-08:00Thanks, Massimo. It is nice for A9 to push an ini...Thanks, Massimo. It is nice for A9 to push an initiative to make it easier to build metasearch and multisearch engines. <BR/><BR/>Most metasearch engines typically have to do some form of screen-scraping. Standardizing on an RSS-like format for publishing search results does make it easier to build new services layered on top of many search engines and databases.<BR/><BR/>But it would be unfortunate if only small sites joined OpenSearch. That's why I think Amazon and A9 should open up their search. Their example could encourage widespread adoption of OpenSearch.Greg Lindenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09216403000599463072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1111236534324382132005-03-19T04:48:00.000-08:002005-03-19T04:48:00.000-08:00Hi Greg,as much as I agree with you (and as much a...Hi Greg,<BR/>as much as I agree with you (and as much as I'm happy to see a contrarian view), I still think it's smart (if not so open) of A9 to move in this direction. At least small sites could gain free visibility, anyway.Massimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824750141960033960noreply@blogger.com