August 2009: How Google beat Amazon and Ebay to the Semantic WebBy Paul Ford A work of fiction. A Semantic Web scenario. A short feature from a business magazine published in 2009. Please note that this story was written in 2002. It's hard to believe Google - which is now the world's largest single online marketplace - came on the scene only a little more than 8 years ago, back in the days when Amazon and Ebay reigned supreme. So how did Google become the worl
