Where Will Google, Yahoo, Bing and Twitter Be in Ten Years?

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The internet is a very dynamic sector, one moment something is popular then the next moment its not. Currently there are three major search engines in the mix, they are Google, Yahoo and Bing and Twitter is also very much on the rise. So where will these major players be in a decade from now? Let us take a quick look and prediction.

Google
Currently the big daddy of them all Google has more then 80% of the entire search market in its hands. But lately it seems as though the company just does not have the push that it used to. They seem to be concentrating a lot more on getting into other markets such as mobile phones and operating systems. In around ten years time Google may well be knocked off of their perch.

Bing
The Microsoft search engine is doing some big things. As well as rebranding themselves, Microsoft are also going to be joining forces with Yahoo and powering their search, as well as getting access to Yahoo’s technology and algo. We all know that Yahoo know how to analyse natural links and natural citations a lot better then Bing. So the two joining up may make them a force to be reckoned with, especially with the money that Microsoft could be putting into it.

Yahoo
Yahoo’s search technology and engineers will live on but the results look to be taken over by Bing. The two could ultimately rival Google.

Twitter
The new kid on the block. Twitter has spread like wild fire and has recently redesigned its homepage in an attempt to become a real time search engine. Can it succeed? Yes probably, but people want to begin seeing actually real sites not just conversations. So either Twitter will have to learn to develop and actually crawl, list and rank sites or end up being another social has-been.

But summing up we all know that Google are the power force at the moment and to retain that title, I really feel that the company need to be moving forwards. A great thing would be to actually purchase Twitter and integrate real time conversations and use the buzz as a ranking, and then they would secure themselves for another decade or so. But only time will tell and it will be a great insight to see how this all pans out in the future and a lot of business owners with sites will be watching this space closely.

CES – 40 years of Consumer Electronics Trends

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Over the past 40 years the first week of January is one of the most important weeks, if not the most important, for consumer electronic manufacturers and the reason for that is because that is when the most prestigious Consumer Electronics fair is on.

Held in the city of Las Vegas Nevada, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is a major technological related trade show. Sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association, the CES is a trade-only show not open to the general public, and it is where manufacturers announce, introduce and preview future products.

A little bit of history:

The first CES show was held in New York in 1967. From the years of 1978 to 1994 CES used to be held twice a year, once in the summer in Chicago and once in the winter held in Las Vegas. However, SCES begun to loose popularity and in the summer of 1995 organisers decided to put the show on the road, consecutive failures led to the cancellation of the summer show and a once a year format was adopted.

Throughout the years the Consumer Electronics Show has been the main stage of notable products introductions, it would be virtually impossible to list all products and technologies introduced at CES over the years, so here is a compilation of the most notable ones in chronological order:

1970: Was the year when the Video Cassette Recorder (VCR) was introduced.

1974: Was marked by the introduction of the Laser disc player.

1981: Two notable introductions this year; the Compact Disc (CD) and the Camcorder.

1985: First notable revolution in the gaming industry with the introduction of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

1996: Year when the DVD was introduced.

1998: HDTV was introduced.

2001: Microsoft introduced its gaming console the Xbox.

2008: Panasonic stole all the attention by releasing a 150 inch <a onClick=”javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(‘/outgoing/article_exit_link’);” href=”http://www.giantbuyer.com/”>Plasma TVs</a> as thin as 0.46 inches.

2009: Highlights to the impressive number of exhibiting companies, +2,700 and the introduction of 3-D Home Entertainment.