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Sramana Mitra has a post over at GigaOm that plays on her interest in Web3.0, which she defines on her site as the “verticalization of the web around specific Contexts”.

The vertical search market could see significant growth by adding new features, improving content and forming partnerships with existing Web sites according to a new report from JupiterResearch, "Vertical Search: Learning Lessons from Shopping."

Late on Friday afternoon is a brilliant time for Google to announce a major change with their news service if they do not want people to talk about much. With their AP, Agence France-Presse, The Press Association in the United Kingdom and The Canadian Press syndication deals, Google claims they are improving duplicate detection, increasing listing variety, and as a net result they are sending MORE traffic to the people they signed syndication deals with.

First off, a definition: a vertical Web design company works exclusively in one industry, be it travel, hospitals, or cookie cutting. A horizontal Web design company works with a wide range of companies in different industries or sectors. Recently, a few prospects had been weighing our services against the services of a vertical vendor and asked me to explain why they shouldn't go with a Web design and Internet marketing company that focuses specifically--in these cases--plastic surgeons or law firms.

Health care verticals have begun to build a foundation on the Internet. TauMed's founder Tauseef Bashir wants people to enjoy a healthy online community along with the most relevant health information they can find.

Alibaba CEO Jack Ma plans to remake Yahoo China into a more business-focused vertical search engine.

It's always been relevancy that drives the efficacy of search - that's a no-brainer, and the reason Google is king of general search. But because that search is general, riffraff makes its way into the results, sometimes old riffraff, which is the very foundation for the rise of vertical, or niche, search engines.

AgWebSearch.com focuses on an area most tech writers only know from seeing cornfields in the X-Files movie "Fight The Future"; it turns out the agriculture vertical needed a dedicated search service.