Personalized search is a dream come true. It can only get better. But the downside will be the ability of each webmaster to reach their target through organic SEO. This is getting to be more of a challenge every day.

However, the opportunities will increase for further SEO specialization and the need for SEO experts to assist webmasters in getting ranked at the right niche websites properly – and to be found by the right targeted customers. Here’s the disclaimer: Never trust an SEO “guru” who claims to have the latest trick. In the end, it all boils down to three things (and I believe it always will): Content, Links, Saturation.

I agree that the web is about to get more specialized. We’re already seeing it today with search results that are tailored to the user based on their search history.

The great thing about all of this personalization and more advanced database work is that the functional ‘utility’ of the web is increasing so we can all get more of what we want, faster and with less time wasted sifting through spam and unintended search results.

I don’t believe there will be a next Google, though we’re probably saying the same thing. The next logical step in search engine development will be nichefication, or specialization. Yes, the Web is about to become more fragmented. In fact, it’s already happening.

Local and specialized directories will crawl the Web instead of relying solely upon site submissions:

Podcast directories will develop crawlers that look specifically for podcasts and rank them (just like Google does);

E-zines, blogs, etc. will all be cataloged and ranked by directories that migrate into search engines (just like Yahoo! did) – this is practically what Technorati and Digg are already doing through user-generated tags;

There will still be directories (DMOZ is still around, aren’t they?) but they will largely be used by the niche search engines to classify and verify their rankings;

Hold on, the Web is about to get better and more fragmented at the same time.

Yes, we move articles automatically whenever we have a new category that better fits the article.

http://ezinearticles.com/?Build-Your-Social-Network-for-Business&id=316127

I guess ya’ll do that automatically when you create a new category?