Is Blinkx throwing in the desktop search towel
In reading a recent article about a new service from Blinkx to handle video search it appears that they are no longer focusing on the desktop market and are going to concede to let Microsoft and Google dominate the market for the desktop search utilities. This quote is excerpted from the article ITN selects start-up Blinkx for video search.
But speaking on Tuesday, Chandratillake explained that Blinkx's focus is now very much on video search. "Desktop search is a pretty boring business to be in. It's becoming commoditised, and it will be a non-industry within the next 12 months," said Chandratillake, who pointed ou that many companies now offer very proficient desktop search applications. " That functionality is getting built into the operating system now. It's very hard to persuade users to download extra tools when the operating system does the job so well," he added.
I have to agree with their observation that unless something very special is available in a desktop search tool (like enterprise hooks, specialized security, or collaboration) then it will not survive long as a competitor to the free and bundled search tools that are currently available on the market. What is interesting about the Blinx statement is that they are not completely saying that they are abandoning the desktop search market yet. So maybe there will be a Blinkx tool to search personal archives of videos and audio files based on recognizing the imprint of the sounds.
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