Comments on: Why You Should Be Worried About Google Search Wiki

By: Travis Finseth - jackson web developer

Travis Finseth - jackson web developer — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:33:11 +0000

Graywolf…
You echo some of my early thoughts on the searchwiki’s potential influence.

I think that G will begin using this ‘user generated’, ‘human influenced’ data to start tweaking results sooner rather than later.

Their main concern is improving user experience. The fact is… humans are the best indicators of what others would expect. If G is able to block nefarious activity and server better results to 80% of users…

Will be interested to see what happens…

@nuzunet

By: Steen Seo Öhman

Steen Seo Öhman — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:11:57 +0000

I have been testing the search wiki and I must say it tend to favour the know brands. The problem with individual search is you never know what the user next door is seeing, but for me it’s definitely favouring the large and popular sites.

This could in the end make it harder to promote new brands and sites, and reducing the democratic nature of the web. But I guess Google often call it black hat when a brand new site push down one of the old established sites.

By: Search Engine Optimisation Uk

Search Engine Optimisation Uk — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:04:59 +0000

It’s interesting seeing Google trying to push the envelope and bring in new ideas to keep them ahead of the pack. Over the coming months / years we will see whether this is a Google master stroke or something that dissapears…

By: Page

Page — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:56:23 +0000

This a dam annoying feature. It is a mistake on Google’s part, a crack in their facade as the monopoly of searching.

By: andrew wee

andrew wee — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:29:28 +0000

Now you’re going to get a bajillion spam emails at atlasws.com, even with gmail’s robust spamboxing.

why not gaussian blur your username?
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The workthrough is to have another pc with IE and FF and never saving any tracking cookies or any toolbars…

By: Michael Gray

Michael Gray — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:17:40 +0000

search for things related only to cats and watch the adwords ads, then things only for dogs. The first one or two searches for dogs will show some cats advertising, it’s somewhat bizarre to watch

By: Jaan Kanellis

Jaan Kanellis — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:11:29 +0000

Is it truly Google’s long term goal to create a unique search experience by machine? I would think this to be a bad thing for them. The machine is not the searcher. We are the searchers. The query being conducted at that time should be independent and not reliant on past queries. This can only cause a huge mess for relevancy. Essentially creating a “snowball” effect building on past search query data that could have nothing to do with the actual query currently being conducted.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:56:12 +0000

I think this is a case of Google getting bored and trying to mess up something that already works fine. If it’s not broke don’t fix it. A few other engines are starting to copy many things Google does such as Ask.com and they are starting to take some of the every day user traffic. If Google changes too much then people will just find somewhere else.

By: Michael Gray

Michael Gray — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:22:15 +0000

just the one term as far as I can see

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:04:53 +0000

If they do implement something like this, its as open to abuse as link buying or anything else is when stretched beyond the individual user so personally I wouldn’t worry about it.

It will just result in a new way of doing things. IMO.