WTF Is The Value of Real-time Search?
kapauldo: real time search is useful and probably monetizeable, but extremely niche.  i have heard plenty of examples, like some described above, where i've felt "yeah, ok, i could see that." but those times when it might be useful might occur twice a year, maybe 3 times a year?  so the market is incredibly small.  it is most certainly not a threat to google, in my opinion.  i am shocked that oneriot has raised $27M and only have a few hundred thousand hits a month.  i think real time search is way overvalued in terms of growth potential, and will probably find equilibrium as an occasionally useful niche utility.