PubSub in the WSJ
PubSub was featured in Walt Mossberg’s personal technology column today. Here’s what he had to say about PubSub and Rollyo (a really neat “Roll Your Own” search engine).
A few quotes:
“The Internet search business is a hot topic. But most of the talk centers on the advertising revenue it generates, not on what is happening in the actual search process itself. And most of the attention is paid to the search giants, like Google and Yahoo, rather than to smaller companies that are tinkering with interesting new techniques.”
“These small sites are aimed at refining search, improving its accuracy and making it more convenient and more personal. I’ve been testing just two of them, PubSub and Rollyo, and I have found they add a dimension that goes beyond what the main Google and Yahoo search sites offer.”
“PubSub is an automated system that constantly matches your search terms against millions of blogs, online discussions, news releases and SEC filings, and notifies you when there is a match. Rollyo allows you to create your own little search engines, focused on topics you care about and sources you prefer. Both do things standard searches can’t.”
February 2nd, 2006 at 10:37 am
Congrats on getting mentioned by Walt..
I’m currently actively using Google and Yahoo’s news alerts as well as a third-party http://www.googlealert.com/. I am eager to see what kind of results I get from your service. Thanks for making it! Eric