Sunday, August 18, 2013

Paid Search!

I am not so proud to report that I subscribed for the Wolfram Alpha's paid subscription service. I did feel a minor case of cognitive dissonance right after I signed up for the $60/ year service. However, once I started using the search for highly quantitative problems, I beginning to see the value of the service. I am also comforted by the fact that the service provides privacy and gives me highly accurate search results when compared to standard search engines like Google or Bing. I really believe that this model could be monetized broadly as subscribers would be willing to pay for higher quality search results that offer more privacy. While this model is still in the early stages, it does offer a lot of promise. 

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