That is really not much different from the search engines that are being constructed today for users throughout the entire world to allow them to search through databases to access the information that they require.

Much of the lifeblood of blogs is search engines - more than half the traffic for most blogs.

Search engines compile a lot of data on what we search for and much of what we search for is personal. Many people fear that the government wants to do data mining. It'll be interesting to see how much of all this ultimately becomes a political issue.

The way you want to be treated is a lot like how Google wants to be approached. Play nicely. Mean what you say. Don’t try to deceive. Share good stuff. Be authentic. Be precise with your words.

My guess is (it will be) about 300 years until computers are as good as, say, your local reference library in search.

If the search engines don't respect the creators, there won't be anything to search in the future because creators have to make a living too.