Proving that new ideas in Internet search still do exist (sorry, Google), Paglo, a new search engine just for IT geeks, launched today. TechCrunch has the scoop: "Its crawler doesn't index documents, images, and other forms of media found on the internet. Rather, it identifies the resources within a corporate or organizational network (such as devices, users, and software) and essentially makes the information available about them Google-able."
While specialized search tools do exist (dictionary.com qualifies here), this is one of the first search engines for a specific sector. Although most entrepreneurs tend to see the search market as cornered (entirely engulfed?) by Google, Paglo represents a different way of thinking where highly specialized search devices operate in tandem with Google.
Any thoughts about specialized search for people in various industries, or with specific interests? Paglo is a little different, because it catalogues information hosted on your own computer or server. But Internet search could likely be compartmentalized in the same way. Is there a market for this, or are techies the only ones who find this useful?

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I don't know about a mass of ad revenue, but certainly Dell, Microsoft, server technologies... Placing those ads could be much more costly considering how targeted they are. Saying, we get 10,000 IT professionals coming to our site for solutions every month. experts-exchange.com does Q&A for a membership... but Paglo is way more accessible if it works.
—Matteo
13:00, May 28th, 2008
Lame. A handful of IT peeps will find it neat but how do you parlay it into mass appeal ad revenue? What would I be searching another machine for to find something interesting on a casino, online pharmacy, real estate, or local resources? Last I heard these are the big search drivers making google scads of cash.
—bryanh
18:59, May 27th, 2008


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