Since we’re all search marketers it is a good idea keep up on where this whole search thing is headed. Chances are the “edit box and 10 blue links” concept is not going to stay the standard way to search for stuff on the web for the long run. Actually, strictly algorithmically based searching might not last much longer either, and there are a lot of companies vying to be the next search giant.

Our queen bee of affiliating, April H., pointed me to this InformationWeek article titled The Ultimate Search Engine. It’s very informative and will help you understand some of the potential directions that the search industry will head over the coming years.

Never fear though, I’m sure that Google, Yahoo and Microsoft will gobble up any of these startups if they create the next killer search app. All so you won’t have to worry about opening another PPC account. :)