Apparently Google is testing a new search interface combining their trad n tru search with social features. Check out the demo courtesy of TechCrunch:
If you know me you know I am not a huge fan of Google, not because what they do is bad but rather because we need two large competitors in Search AT LEAST to ensure competition and innovation. So I Yahoo! and actually I think their offering is better. But this is certainly thought provoking.
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Me.dium recently released a social search engine of their own. It works in a different fashion than Google's in that it uses click streams and past internet use to compile relevant results for its users. The more people using it, the better the results. To become an influencer of results just download one of their toolbars or social sidebar.
ReplyDeleteMe.dium’s Social Search, which leverages the Yahoo! Search BOSS platform, provides an entirely new level of information on top of traditional search. Me.dium’s Social Search harnesses the activity of the crowds to let you find information that has relevance based on what people are actually surfing right now.
Me.dium’s technology lets the inherent activity of real people - not robotic crawlers - determine relevance. Me.dium’s Social Search results show what people are surfing and find interesting, right now. While other search engines base relevance on how content links across pages, Me.dium’s Social Search shows you the most popular news, reviews, pictures and videos that other people are actually looking at in relation to your search term. And as the activity of the people online changes, so do the search results.
Thanks Chris,
ReplyDeleteI am on vacation but upon my return I will visit this site and do a post on it. Many thanks.
Hey Jim,
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to clarify that our search engine produces results based on where people are actually surfing. My language was a little ambiguous and I wanted to make sure I was more clear.
Thanks again,
Chris