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1. Comment - Google Bundles Software with WinZip

   (Jun 14, 2005 - 5:22 PM)

   It is an odd tactic for Google but ... for folks publishing popular software that is having trouble getting over the profit hump I would guess that google is footing a bill for being included with every download. I don't know the price but I think this is just their way of paying someone else for advertising since everyone else is paying them for it.
   
   On the flip side I like Google better than the other desktop search products because as a software developer they are the only ones with a real API/SDK and allowing folks to connect into the tool from all angles. Microsoft and others are hopelessly behind even in the philosophy of it.

2. Comment - Yahoo Adds IM Logs to Desktop Search

   (Mar 25, 2005 - 3:51 PM)

   They keep asking developers for feedback and I will keep giving it. Developers need an API to build integrations to their tools and then marketing support to let the world know they made integrations. The only folks who are doing this right now with desktop search are Google and Microsoft and Google is doing a better job of it than Microsoft. We partnered with Google because they provided an API to query the desktop search engine from within our application, a desktop organizer (www.viapoint.com) and created a plugins page.
   
   Microsoft comes in second with iFilters which is a plugin architecture but it is almost impossible to tell the world that you are integrating with that technology since they don't have an ISV friendly approach.
   
   So that's my 2 cents on the desktop search guys and the current score as a developer.