If it 'aint broke, don't fix it

I've heard this a hundred times before...another A-list blogger is claiming that 'search is broken'. This time it's Steve Rubel who says search doesn't work. He goes on to admit that nearly everyone uses search engines (I think the 91% figure from PEW is low) and that we are largely satisfied. His argument for search being broken is that there are so many different types of content across all the various social networks, personal accounts, and whatever else, that can't be searched from one central place. I don't think that means search is broken, maybe it just hasn't evolved to that point, yet. Think back a few years compared to now and look at all the different content types we're able to search. We've come a long way, baby. And with desktop search tools like X1, Google Desktop search and others, a centralized, truly universal search is getting closer every day.