Google could be superseded, says web inventor

[Sandy2k]

The next generation of web technology is likely to be far more powerful than the current crop, Tim Berners-Lee said

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3532832.ece

Google may eventually be displaced as the pre-eminent brand on the internet by a company that harnesses the power of next-generation web technology, the inventor of the World Wide Web has said.

The search giant had developed an extremely effective way of searching for pages on the internet, Tim Berners-Lee said, but that ability paled in comparison to what could be achieved on the "web of the future", which he said would allow any piece of information — such as a photo or a bank statement — to be linked to any other.

Mr Berners-Lee said that in the same way, the "current craze" for social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace would eventually be superseded by networks that connected all types of things — not just people — thanks to a ground-breaking technology known as the "semantic web".

The semantic web is the term used by the computer and internet industry to describe the next phase of the web's development, and essentially involves building web-based connectivity into any piece of data — not just a web page — so that it can "communicate" with other information.

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http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3532832.ece">Times London

[Hissyspit]

1. Well, of course. But I can assure you Google will do everything in their power to stay on top

of changes. They intend to be the World Brain (if not God itself). You don't build a million-server farm on the Columbia River and not do R&D (well, I guess you could, but it wouldn't be too smart).

[John Q. Citizen]

2. Dang it! And we just got google on DU. Now we are being superseded. Figures.