jomaxx - 8:12 pm on Dec 26, 2006 (gmt 0)

Irrelevant. If Doran can use this model to create a better search engine, or at least a plausible alternative to existing search engines, he should do so. We'd all win if he were to succeed. It's not obvious to me this is the best way to go, but we're in serious need of some diversity in the search space right now.

Even Yahoo and MSN have been converging on Google-like algorithms and are showing remarkably Google-like results now (IMO). In fact it's as if they are gauging the quality of their SERPs by how closely they resemble Google's. As a result, I see enormous opportunity for new search engines with fresh ideas to come in and add value.