• by Aaron Goldman , Op-Ed Contributor, December 13, 2007

After declaring himself nearly blind (sorry, only those in the room will get that one) Gord got the buzz-o-meter off to a furious start in his Summit Intro. In a span of 10 minutes, Gord rattled off the key trends in search from this past year and what to look for in the coming year. In no particular order, here are the early-front runners for top SIS buzzwords:

Univeral Personalization Search Assist Social Graph Long Tail Torso Mash-ups Local Mobile

Gord also graced us with some great quotes...

"The holy grail for search is disambiguation."

"The answer to everything you're looking for on Google is not always Wikipedia."

And, finally, before launching into his keynote debate with Mike Margolin from RPA, Gord brought up John Whitfield from Media Post to play a human representation of the Ontario Province before lashing out again at the inadequecies of the Ontario Tourism Board's search efforts.