Monday, November 27, 2006

A Piece of that Good Ol' Capitalistic Pie

Why do Larry and Sergey, founders of Google, look so smug?


Maybe it's because they are barely in their thirties and already gazillionaires. The search engine industry is a huge cash cow and Larry and Sergey are riding it all the way to the bank, laughing.

Isn't it time us average Joe Americans get a cut of that glorious search engine cash? Well, now we can.

Zotspot is a new kind of search engine that lets YOU profit from every search you do. And the more people you sign up for Zotspot, the more you make because everytime THEY search, you also profit. Its like a pyramid scheme without the "scheme" since you pay nothing to get started.

Sounds too good to be true? What's the catch? Well, to be honest, the Zotspot search engine is markedly inferior to Google's. Some queries that appear as the first item in Google won't even show up in Zotspot.

I guess it just goes to show that capitalism "works." There's a reason why Larry and Sergey are rolling in dough.

For more info, check out these articles about zotspot:
Yahoo Finance News
Boston.com Business News
CNet News.com
ZD Net India
Earth Times

2 comments:

Super Ego said...

I want to create a search engine called "Y" or "huh?" that criticises your query and based on sophisticated algorithms only returns results and COMMENTS that I think are relevant.

For example, one might go to "Y" and enter "PS3". The results would show pages that instruct people to get help with their rampant consumerism.

And there would be additional comments saying things like, "A new game console is the least of your problems." or "You are not gonna be any cooler with a PS3, try another search!"

Alice in Wonderland said...

Ha ha ha! I would SO subscribe to the "Y".