Wolfram Alpha Hasn't Exactly Set the World on Fire

Remember all of that hype earlier this year about no such thing. That didn't stop it from being a very highly touted product with lots of potential.

While Wolfram Alpha still certainly has its enthusiasts, it has not exactly taken the world by storm. In fact, in terms of unique visitors it had a very unimpressive launch, and since launch most of that buzz seems to have gone out the window, as unique visitors (according to pointed out that at this point Wolfram Alpha isn't even close to being in the same league with the "relatively minor player in the search game" Ask. And things don't appear to be looking up based on Compete data (although to be fair, Ask has had like 13 years to get to where it's at).