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Moving from search to discovery : What's the impact for lawyers?

By Kevin

Imagine not having to key in what you are looking for, but discovering things you are interested in based on your contributions on the Internet and the relationships you've established via social media and social networking. That may not be too far away per Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt. As reported by Susan Campbell, Schmidt, speaking last week at TechCrunch Disrupt, highlighted that while Google Instant predictive search technology, already in use, helps shave an average of two seconds off users' queries, the next step is "autonomous search." Augie Ray, Sr. Analyst at Forrester Research, nails Schmidt's real point, that being that 'autonomous search' is a fancy term that means 'discovery.' As you look into the future, the distinction between ?search? and ?discovery? gets muddy...continue to full post

Full post as published by Real Lawyers : Have Blogs on October 02, 2010 (boomark / email).