Blogs and Google Search are amazing at giving us simple answers. If you want to know the capitol of France, square root of 69, or how far the moon is, Google simply gives you the answer.

Blogs & Long Tailed Keywords

For more complicated searches, say “how to make a Gluten Free Red Velvet Cupcake” Google directs you to a few dozen blogs that handle this request beautifully.

What happens when blogs are not enough and when search results can’t give us the right answers?

Where Search Fails

Future of Google?

Personalized Information

Currently, Search is failing in a number of areas. One major area is personalized, time sensitive, variable information. If the answer to the question depends on multiple variables, you will have to talk with a professional. Google can not handle such a request.

As a result, many people do themselves a big disservice trying to self diagnose (eg: medically, legally, etc) or solve complicated issues (eg: accounting, legal, etc) without the help of a professional.

Research is Slow and Inefficient

Getting Answers is Slow & Inefficient

Another area of concern is speed and efficiency. Getting the right piece of information takes a lot of time. Essentially you have to do a small research project which includes a reading through numerous links, articles, watching videos, etc… all to find that one important piece of information. Overall, getting to the exact right piece of content takes way too much effort and energy!

Bots to the Rescue

This is one area where I think Bots will dominate! In the near future, probably with the help of Google, bots will do all of the searching for you! Their job will be to get you that exact right piece of content. There are a number of ways bots will be able to do this:

It Understands

Natural Language Processing will allow bots to have a greater understanding of language and context. Soon a bot will be able to understand the meaning of your search and return very specific information context based information, like a particular scene in a video or a just the right blurb from an article.

Imagine if Google Could Talk Back

Currently, asking information is a one way street. You ask, google tells. However with bots, this will change. Soon, Bots will ask you specific, time sensitive, information and get as many variable as possible from you. This will allow bots to answer the hard questions:

Medical Diagnosis: Bots will be able to ask you the same questions a doctor would, get personal information like photos, and be able to diagnose you with great accuracy. Further, they will remember your preferences, your medical history and pull other relevant data which will increase their accuracy and speed in future sessions.

Bots will be able to ask you the same questions a doctor would, get personal information like photos, and be able to diagnose you with great accuracy. Further, they will remember your preferences, your medical history and pull other relevant data which will increase their accuracy and speed in future sessions. Professional Bot : Facing a complicated divorce? Have a complicated tax return? Soon, a Professional Bot will be able to take all of the facts of your particular case, compare them to current precedents, like caselaw, accounting law, etc and suggest best course of action based on most likely outcome.

: Facing a complicated divorce? Have a complicated tax return? Soon, a Professional Bot will be able to take all of the facts of your particular case, compare them to current precedents, like caselaw, accounting law, etc and suggest best course of action based on most likely outcome. Fashion Bot: What should you wear tonight? A fashion bot could take a number of variables and suggest the perfect outfit. The bot can see what your friends are wearing to the event, what the temperature is, your personal preferences, and it will even be able to consider your mood.

Predicting the Future

Google is already tracking and predicting your behavior; however, their current abilities are child’s play compared to what’s coming. Bots will soon have the ability to track and predict your mental patters, your moods, your performance, and much more. These bots will be able to draw connections that we can only dream of and when done properly, these bots can give us the exact right information just before we need it.

End of Blogs, Beginning of Stories

Humans will always tell stories, primarily because we think in stories. Our entire life, and who we think we are is a story we tell ourselves. Bots will have a part in Story Telling. When we want to know what is happening in Politics or Who is Playing in the Super Bowl, a Bot will Tell us a Story.

How will Bot Tell Stories?

Unlike blogs today, Bots will be able to tell personalized stories. Every one of us has a particular way of thinking. We use particular words, syntax, diction, tone, and each of use has our own unique voice. The best way to communicate with anyone is to simple find their voice and speak their language. Words matter, and bots will one day be able to impersonate our voice. They will be able to talk with us in the same, intoxicating, manner with which we talk to ourselves!