Google could be superseded by the semantic Web

according to Tim Berners-Lee in Outside the Lines – CNET News and although the article was published last year, it still contains great examples of some of the features the smart web will bring. TBL is a true visionary, and one with a great track record of delivering on his ideas so this is not just idle speculation.

The comments by Google’s director of research are very revealing too. Will it really take 50 years for intelligent digital intermediaries to become a reality? Who knows, maybe less. What’s clear, is that the implications for the travel industry will be significant and transforming as we slowly but surely move forward with new technology developments that will make it happen. Exciting stuff!

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  • Interesting thoughts. It will be fun to watch how the new tech develops.
  • What will be interesting to me is how it all comes about. There have been many companies implementing intelligent, semantic applications for travel that haven't done very well. Will the next crop be the ones to break through?
  • Thanks for your comment, Rob. That is indeed the question. I'm not really aware of that many travel companies, rather a few including yours, of course, who are using semantics well. We're still in the early stages from what I can tell in how intelligence is used on the web. What I expect, is that travel will be on category that needs more of it and customers will benefit a great deal from it once it becomes more developed.
  • insightful analysis and lively discussion here makes this blog the destination for those wanting to write creatively and think about our society and the impact we make on it at home and abroad
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