¡¡¡¡surfers finally got their first taste on Apr. 14.
¡¡¡¡Yet despite of some intriguing new features not yet found1.
¡¡¡¡on leading sites such as Google and Yahoo! , the site
¡¡¡¡(www.a9.com) -- still in test mode -- rises as many questions2
¡¡¡¡as it answers.
¡¡¡¡The biggest question remains is whether Amazon, 3.
¡¡¡¡through A9, would clash into Google more directly. 4.
¡¡¡¡Google itself is testing a search engine for products
¡¡¡¡called Froogle that¡¯s starting to appeal Web shoppers. 5.
¡¡¡¡At the same time, Amazon clearly isn¡¯t looking to limit A9¡¯s horizons.
¡¡¡¡How directly A9 eventually goes up against the reigned6.
¡¡¡¡search champion, it faced lots of challenges. For one, 7.
¡¡¡¡it may run into some of the same privacy issues that
¡¡¡¡recently have plagued Google. A9¡¯s privacy policy points
¡¡¡¡out that information provided through entering search term 8.
¡¡¡¡or by signing into one¡¯s Amazon account could supply the company
¡¡¡¡with information that could personally identify the searcher.
¡¡¡¡Those may be somewhat less intrusive(´òÈŵģ¬Ã°·¸µÄ) than 9.
¡¡¡¡Google¡¯s upcoming Gmail free e-mail offering, which could search
¡¡¡¡the contents of messages to pitch personalized ads. But comments
¡¡¡¡posted on some sites already indicate some people are
¡¡¡¡uncomfortable with Google¡¯s potential threats to privacy. 10..
¡¡¡¡Passage 5
¡¡¡¡Almost every new innovation goes through three phases.
¡¡¡¡When initially introducing into the market, the process 1.
¡¡¡¡of adoption is slow. The early models are expensive and
¡¡¡¡hard to use, and perhaps even unsafe. The economic
¡¡¡¡impact is relatively great. 2.
¡¡¡¡The second phase is the explosive one, where the innovation
¡¡¡¡was rapidly adopted by a large number of people. It gets 3.
¡¡¡¡cheaper and easier to use and becomes something familiar.
¡¡¡¡And then in the third stage, diffusion of the innovation
¡¡¡¡slows down again, as if it permeates out across the economy. 4.
¡¡¡¡During the explosive phase, whole new industries spring
¡¡¡¡up to produce the new product or innovation, and to service