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by cromwellian
4604 days ago
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Why should open, factual data, require Google to send users to third party websites, thereby increasing the latency and number of clicks for all users? The data for these almost surely comes from openly available word databases. If I ask my computer or phone for the definition or history of the word 'Foo', I don't want to be sent off to historyoffoo.com as the top link, I just want it to give me the answer, followed perhaps by links to other stuff. Do you think if you ask what time is it, Google should respond first and foremost that you need to click and go to dateandtime.com to see the answer? Google's mission is the organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful, not to organize only the world's websites into 10 blue links. The ultimate goal of Google is to built the Starship Enterprise's Computer. Could you imagine Captain Picard's frustration if he said "How long to Starbase Alpha at Warp 9" and the Computer replied "I can't give you the direct answer, but please visit StarbaseMaps.com and it will be able to answer your question." This becomes all the more clearer if you imagine voice or mobile user, where multi-step latency is huge and queries should be answered in the fewest steps possible. Why it is evil for Google to do this, but not Apple+Siri I can't fathom. |
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