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May 28, 2009
Google Unveils Custom Search Web Element, Previews Wave at Developer Conference
Google is holding its annual developer conference this week and have unveiled a couple of noteworthy projects.
First up is the Custom Search Web Element. This is a tool that generates code which you can then copy and paste on your site. This is a feature of Custom Search, which you can have on your site to assist in on-site searches. The element supports Promotions, which lets you specify information pertaining to a particular search, as well as refinement tabs, which help filter searches.
Next up is Google Wave. The idea behind Wave is the next era of internet communication. The product was designed by brothers Jens and Lars Rasmussen who came to Google via the acquisition of their mapping product Where 2 Tech. A "wave" can be created about a given topic and then people contribute to it with rich formatted text, photos, feeds, and gadgets.
Here's an image provided by the Official Google blog (click to enlarge):
While impressive, I'm not sure how innovative this is. It appears to basically be a fancy-pants wiki. Wikis definitely need this sort of updating, but there's nothing that appears to be truly brand new here.
Having said that, the product is only being released as a developer's preview. The team is still working on Wave for months until it is released for public use.
Posted by Nathania Johnson on May 28, 2009 2:30 PM
Comments
Carrie Carolin May 28, 2009 6:29 PM
I agree with Carrie, given the availability of tons of other similar applications, I am not sure how Google wave is going to get any traction.
Maybe Google is going through the same phase which other innovative companies go through once they become huge (e.g. Microsoft).
Susan May 28, 2009 10:16 PM
It looks good but I have to agree with the other two. There are many applications to do similar things. Hopefully Google will make it better to keep ahead of the competition.
Oliver May 29, 2009 8:50 AM
are you guys kiddin'? What can potentially harness the power of Open Source collaboration more than this?! This is actually the embodiement of Web 3.0 and here's why;
just think of the implications to the following:
1.) social networking
2.) crowdsourcing
3.) micro-blogging
4.) mobile & web search melting
5.) personalization of networks...(social networking is a.) centralized b.) democratized c.) really personalized and d.) real-time!
Oh, did I mention e-mail...?!
As for other tools; last time I checked Google was dominating the world in search, advertising, reach, popularity, size, marketshare etc. and that all internationally! not Yahoo or Squidoo (with all the respect).
Taken that into account, I think centralization, efficiency, speed (and the fact that Open Source is a given) are important factors here. What Wikipedia was for Web 2.0, Google Wave will be for Web 3.0!
Now I urge you to think again ;-)
Cheers
TheLongTailor May 29, 2009 3:54 PM
are you guys kiddin'? What can potentially harness the power of Open Source collaboration more than this?! This is actually the embodiement of Web 3.0 and here's why;
just think of the implications to the following:
1.) social networking
2.) crowdsourcing
3.) micro-blogging
4.) mobile & web search melting
5.) personalization of networks...(social networking is a.) centralized b.) democratized c.) really personalized and d.) real-time!
Oh, did I mention e-mail...?!
As for other tools; last time I checked Google was dominating the world in search, advertising, reach, popularity, size, marketshare etc. and that all internationally! not Yahoo or Squidoo (with all the respect).
Taken that into account, I think centralization, efficiency, speed (and the fact that Open Source is a given) are important factors here. What Wikipedia was for Web 2.0, Google Wave will be for Web 3.0!
Now I urge you to think again ;-)
Cheers
TheLongTailor May 29, 2009 3:55 PM
Totally agree, Goolge are once again changing everything. The impact of WAVE cannot be underestimated:
enterprise solutions - true collaborative working and document creation will become common place and part of the standard tool set rather than poorly implementd add on or specialist tool.
Blogs - where is the conversation if you can contribute directly from within WAVE?
How will this impact marketing, analyitics?
Brands will be able to develop useful or fun robots which can join WAVEs to provide utility or entertainment etc
Social networks will be directly impacted, some features are like Twitter on steroids. WAVE may allow social platforms to be constructed on top of WAVE
WAVE will suck in UGC and become a primary conduit for comms to third party sites and content providers.
And of course email will seem quaint and, so last century.
tunde June 2, 2009 7:05 AM
Google Wave represents well the trend of today: mashups. You only have to update your info, status etc. to one place and it updates to every other service you are using. Microdoft is trying to do this with their new version of Live, but Google goes even further mashing up email and messenger with blogs and web pages.
Mashups seem to be popping up everywhere. Here's one example: http://www.whatshappeninglondon.com
Matias June 11, 2009 1:44 AM
it makes the visitors to have the accessibility to align their usability according to own manner . . on google home. .
web 2.0 development company November 11, 2009 1:08 AM
How is this different from Yahoo! Glue or Squidoo lenses ? I'm sure Google's implementation will be well designed and run fantastically well, but I wish they'd turn their talents towards something actually new and useful.