The future of search is boutique
Did I miss something or did this Silicon Valley VC gibberish fail to mention a single example of a &quot;boutique search engine&quot;, whatever that made-up label means.  Assuming he means web search engines such as wiby.me or marginalia.nu, he cannot cite them because they are non-commercial.  The problem with SV VC is they cannot imagine a non-commercial use of the web.  Everything has to tie back in to some proclaimed &quot;business model&quot;, which never amounts to more than manipulating web traffic and capturing attention&#x2F;eyeballs.  Without the traffic, the model fails.  In the SV VC&#x27;s mind anything that does not not directly or indirectly lead to money gets filtered out.