Comments on: Structured vs. unstructured http://blog.loladex.com/2007/09/19/structured-vs-unstructured/ The Loladex blog Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:31:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: traderruss http://blog.loladex.com/2007/09/19/structured-vs-unstructured/#comment-326 traderruss Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:21:07 +0000 http://loladex.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/structured-vs-unstructured/#comment-326 This is a fascinating look at a complex subject. Good job! I think in the end, that googles strategy as well as microsoft is to get every single business onto the web and run with unstructured searches to satisfy what users want. Its a case of get online or go out of business. YP on the other hand has little incentive to press their clients to start websites and "unleash their data" to flat text searches. It plays right into their structured data thinking that YP remain the owners and gatekeepers of the data and of course it suits their business model down to the ground. I suspect the google/microsoft ideal will win and in the next decade or possibly sooner all businesses will be forced to be online just as they were originally forced to be listed in the white pages. Once that happens this argument will be moot. In the meantime though, we will try on click2connect.com our new local search product to deliver something more useful that the unstructured google search. Thats a good goal, so thanks for the concept. This is a fascinating look at a complex subject. Good job!
I think in the end, that googles strategy as well as microsoft is to get every single business onto the web and run with unstructured searches to satisfy what users want. Its a case of get online or go out of business.
YP on the other hand has little incentive to press their clients to start websites and “unleash their data” to flat text searches. It plays right into their structured data thinking that YP remain the owners and gatekeepers of the data and of course it suits their business model down to the ground.
I suspect the google/microsoft ideal will win and in the next decade or possibly sooner all businesses will be forced to be online just as they were originally forced to be listed in the white pages.
Once that happens this argument will be moot.
In the meantime though, we will try on click2connect.com our new local search product to deliver something more useful that the unstructured google search. Thats a good goal, so thanks for the concept.

]]> By: Laurence Hooper http://blog.loladex.com/2007/09/19/structured-vs-unstructured/#comment-20 Laurence Hooper Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:05:00 +0000 http://loladex.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/structured-vs-unstructured/#comment-20 Thanks, anon. :) Thanks, anon. :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.loladex.com/2007/09/19/structured-vs-unstructured/#comment-19 Anonymous Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:34:00 +0000 http://loladex.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/structured-vs-unstructured/#comment-19 I updated Lola's hours on Yelp based off of Lola's web site! :) I updated Lola’s hours on Yelp based off of Lola’s web site! :)

]]> By: AhmedF http://blog.loladex.com/2007/09/19/structured-vs-unstructured/#comment-18 AhmedF Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:21:00 +0000 http://loladex.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/structured-vs-unstructured/#comment-18 I recently argued that <a HREF="http://www.techsoapbox.com/local-data-categories-tags-structure-and-taxonomy/" REL="nofollow">categories should be your base, and tagging your taxonomy/meta-data</a>.<br/><br/>Crawling is an ugly business - but that is a whole different area :) I recently argued that categories should be your base, and tagging your taxonomy/meta-data.

Crawling is an ugly business – but that is a whole different area :)

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