Searching for video, a new challenge.

It seems like the next big challenge for search engines is to be able to index video and audio files. It's not like indexing web pages which have the information in a text form that a search engine spider can digest. Video or audio files need to be identified externally, they don't have any text to describe themselves. Yahoo is giving this a try and it makes so much sense to make this kind of search available. There is so much information locked up in a video presentation compared to the written word. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words, except to maybe the average search engine.

Now, I don't think you're going to be blown away by what you find when you search Yahoo for video. I just tried the word "marketing" and got everything from a drum solo video to some strange woman with a weird name. But it really doesn't matter, it's a good first try into something that is greatly needed in search. It seems as if search engine companies are trying to deliver the entire human experience in a searchable format.

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