iMedia: Search THIS: The Evolution Revolution

"New Age tech thinker" Kevin Ryan points to upcoming search innovations spilling out from all sorts of companies. The improvements cover all areas of search, as Ryan writes that the current crop of search players leave much to be desired.

The search experience itself is being addressed by several outfits. Social networking, news feeds and other sort-a-search applications are rapidly multiplying, some with significant improvements. Contextual search is all the rage, of course. Ryan lays out the promising up-and-comers, most with links to their respective servers.