I am attending the talk on search produced from FAST, the search engine company out to tackle Google. As first I was a bit skeptical but Bjorn Olstad is a smart guy and started making sense. I'm going to give FAST a try and start doing my searches on it.
Interestingly enough, it raises a question brought up in the previous session I attended. How do I transfer my content from Google to Fast? I have a google start page made with quite an impressive array of widgets and information. This is my normal dashboard when I get online. The first things I want to see are Adobe's current stock price, weather reports, news from /., CNET, BBC, the Onion's RSS feed and a bunch of other stuff. How easy is it for me to transfer this information from Google to Fast? Has Google created an unfair market for Search based on adding so many periferal bits? Probably no but it is something I want to be conscious of in the future.
Fast - here I come. Send me some results. The Fast guys are smart, think I'll have some beers with them later. I also want to talk to them about how Adobe might work with them.
FTI ( /. means "Slashdot" for those who didn't get it)
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
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What is the URL for FAST?
ReplyDeleteHi, responding as a rep from FAST :).
ReplyDeletePlease go to www.fastsearch.com to get the low-down. It is a "marketing" site, so if you want more information about FAST, please follow the "more info" link. (I'm sure there's one there someplace.)