Comments on: Connecting People to the World’s Knowledge through Social Search http://www.ysearchblog.com/2007/02/05/connecting-people-to-the-worlds-knowledge-through-social-search/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:25:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Neil Simmons http://www.ysearchblog.com/2007/02/05/connecting-people-to-the-worlds-knowledge-through-social-search/comment-page-1/#comment-3880 Neil Simmons Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:37:12 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2007/02/05/connecting-people-to-the-worlds-knowledge-through-social-search/#comment-3880 Yahoo search results have been good lately. There was a time when one-man-band blogs got very high positioning, but now Yahoo results seem to filter these out. If you search for property bangkok, you get genuine real estate agents in Bangkok, no articles. It's good. Yahoo search results have been good lately. There was a time when one-man-band blogs got very high positioning, but now Yahoo results seem to filter these out. If you search for property bangkok, you get genuine real estate agents in Bangkok, no articles. It’s good.

]]> By: Sterling Silver CZ Jewelry http://www.ysearchblog.com/2007/02/05/connecting-people-to-the-worlds-knowledge-through-social-search/comment-page-1/#comment-3879 Sterling Silver CZ Jewelry Mon, 14 May 2007 16:26:36 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2007/02/05/connecting-people-to-the-worlds-knowledge-through-social-search/#comment-3879 yahoo social search results have not been very good lately. Was this caused by the latest algo update ? yahoo social search results have not been very good lately. Was this caused by the latest algo update ?

]]> By: Home Furnishings & Decor http://www.ysearchblog.com/2007/02/05/connecting-people-to-the-worlds-knowledge-through-social-search/comment-page-1/#comment-3878 Home Furnishings & Decor Mon, 14 May 2007 16:23:10 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2007/02/05/connecting-people-to-the-worlds-knowledge-through-social-search/#comment-3878 This is so far the best feature I have seen.. This is so far the best feature I have seen..

]]> By: infonote http://www.ysearchblog.com/2007/02/05/connecting-people-to-the-worlds-knowledge-through-social-search/comment-page-1/#comment-3877 infonote Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:49:08 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2007/02/05/connecting-people-to-the-worlds-knowledge-through-social-search/#comment-3877 It seems there are 2 conflicting ways of how the search of the future will be. 1)Social web 2)Semantic web. Google seems to be focusing on point 2 while Yahoo is focusing on 1. It will be interesting to see who will win. It seems there are 2 conflicting ways of how the search of the future will be.

1)Social web
2)Semantic web.

Google seems to be focusing on point 2 while Yahoo is focusing on 1.

It will be interesting to see who will win.

]]> By: nicole cruz http://www.ysearchblog.com/2007/02/05/connecting-people-to-the-worlds-knowledge-through-social-search/comment-page-1/#comment-3876 nicole cruz Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:21:36 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2007/02/05/connecting-people-to-the-worlds-knowledge-through-social-search/#comment-3876 How amazing it is for the search engine to be able to provide all the search queries of the searcher. Well thanks to the human intelligence who came up all these ideas and put it into reality... How amazing it is for the search engine to be able to provide all the search queries of the searcher. Well thanks to the human intelligence who came up all these ideas and put it into reality…

]]> By: Tim Rechin http://www.ysearchblog.com/2007/02/05/connecting-people-to-the-worlds-knowledge-through-social-search/comment-page-1/#comment-3875 Tim Rechin Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:38:27 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2007/02/05/connecting-people-to-the-worlds-knowledge-through-social-search/#comment-3875 Typical search is a static function - ask and receive. It doesn't do a good job of understanding the motivation behind the request or the type of person making the request. As users have grown with technology so has their approach to search - it's more human and natural. Users today expect to be able to enter a natural phrase or question and receive an equally natural response. Likewise social data (e.g. Answers) is unique because of the motivation behind the question, the scope of the response, the method of evaluation and finally re-usability. Someone has a question, the community responds, the best answer is chosen and the entire exchange lives on to help inform other members or enhance someone's otherwise static search query. It's an organic process. By leveraging this social data social search adds behavioral relevance to search results and makes search much more meaningful and less static. Typical search is a static function – ask and receive. It doesn’t do a good job of understanding the motivation behind the request or the type of person making the request. As users have grown with technology so has their approach to search – it’s more human and natural. Users today expect to be able to enter a natural phrase or question and receive an equally natural response.

Likewise social data (e.g. Answers) is unique because of the motivation behind the question, the scope of the response, the method of evaluation and finally re-usability. Someone has a question, the community responds, the best answer is chosen and the entire exchange lives on to help inform other members or enhance someone’s otherwise static search query. It’s an organic process.

By leveraging this social data social search adds behavioral relevance to search results and makes search much more meaningful and less static.

]]> By: Stephen Pitts http://www.ysearchblog.com/2007/02/05/connecting-people-to-the-worlds-knowledge-through-social-search/comment-page-1/#comment-3874 Stephen Pitts Tue, 06 Feb 2007 03:36:56 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2007/02/05/connecting-people-to-the-worlds-knowledge-through-social-search/#comment-3874 How are other social properties from Yahoo! going to fit into this (example: MyBlogLog and Bix)? How are other social properties from Yahoo! going to fit into this (example: MyBlogLog and Bix)?

]]> By: Basketball Ticket http://www.ysearchblog.com/2007/02/05/connecting-people-to-the-worlds-knowledge-through-social-search/comment-page-1/#comment-3873 Basketball Ticket Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:25:14 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2007/02/05/connecting-people-to-the-worlds-knowledge-through-social-search/#comment-3873 Y! Answers just doesn't cut it compared to some other atache catchers out there. This is the best I've seen is MBTickets.com. Y! Answers just doesn’t cut it compared to some other atache catchers out there. This is the best I’ve seen is MBTickets.com.

]]> By: Greg Linden http://www.ysearchblog.com/2007/02/05/connecting-people-to-the-worlds-knowledge-through-social-search/comment-page-1/#comment-3872 Greg Linden Mon, 05 Feb 2007 23:05:35 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2007/02/05/connecting-people-to-the-worlds-knowledge-through-social-search/#comment-3872 I wonder if this contrast between machines and humans in search is overstated. Normal search engines sift through the human knowledge created and stored in web pages and hyperlinks between web pages, correct? Why is surfacing the human knowledge from the web pages in Yahoo Answers any different than surfacing the human knowledge in the rest of the Web? Social search engines use algorithms and machines to connect people to the world's knowledge, correct? So, it is not human hands that are surfacing Yahoo Answers in Yahoo Search, but the clever decisions of machines? How is that different than normal search? Social bookmarking features, like Delicious and My Web 2.0, clearly are different in that users are putting in the effort to explictly share their knowledge between people in their social network. But, your example here, of surfacing data from Yahoo Answers in Yahoo Search, does not appear something that no machine could ever produce. It seems like it is, in fact, a machine producing it. I wonder if this contrast between machines and humans in search is overstated.

Normal search engines sift through the human knowledge created and stored in web pages and hyperlinks between web pages, correct? Why is surfacing the human knowledge from the web pages in Yahoo Answers any different than surfacing the human knowledge in the rest of the Web?

Social search engines use algorithms and machines to connect people to the world’s knowledge, correct? So, it is not human hands that are surfacing Yahoo Answers in Yahoo Search, but the clever decisions of machines? How is that different than normal search?

Social bookmarking features, like Delicious and My Web 2.0, clearly are different in that users are putting in the effort to explictly share their knowledge between people in their social network.

But, your example here, of surfacing data from Yahoo Answers in Yahoo Search, does not appear something that no machine could ever produce. It seems like it is, in fact, a machine producing it.

]]> By: Dan Kearns http://www.ysearchblog.com/2007/02/05/connecting-people-to-the-worlds-knowledge-through-social-search/comment-page-1/#comment-3871 Dan Kearns Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:15:13 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2007/02/05/connecting-people-to-the-worlds-knowledge-through-social-search/#comment-3871 So very true. It makes sense then to also integrate Delicious into search and tags from across the Y! network like 360, Y!Photos, Flickr... Tags seem like they will be every bit as important as Y!Answers. So very true. It makes sense then to also integrate Delicious into search and tags from across the Y! network like 360, Y!Photos, Flickr…

Tags seem like they will be every bit as important as Y!Answers.

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