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gigaom.com - 11/21/2008

Google: Algorithms Aren’t the Only Answer [GigaOM]

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Google has finally pulled back the curtain on a new feature that until now has been in restricted beta: the addition of wiki-style functions in standard search results. Once logged into a Google account, this allows you to click a small up or down arrow to move a specific result, click and ...

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googleblog.blogspot.com - 11/21/2008

Official Google Blog: SearchWiki: make search your own

— googleblog.blogspot.com — Have you ever wanted to mark up Google search results? Maybe you're an avid hiker and the... trail map site you always go to is in the 4th or 5th position and you want to move it to the top. Or perhaps it's not there at all and you'd like to add it. Or ... (more) Official Google Blog: SearchWiki: make search your own

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webguild.org - 11/24/2008

Google Layoffs - 10,000 Workers Affected

— webguild.org — Google has been quietly laying off staff and up to 10,000 jobs could be on the chopping... block according to sources. Since August, hundreds of employees have been laid off and there are reports that about 500 of them were recruiters for Google. By law, ... (more) Google Layoffs - 10,000 Workers Affected

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techcrunch.com - 11/21/2008

Google, It Wasn’t Broke

— techcrunch.com — Bucket tests and experimental products are one thing. But to mess with the real Google search is... serious stuff. Why did they do it? Google’s overall search share has grown substantially this year (and all other years since it went live). ... (more) Google, It Wasn’t Broke

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The Verdict On Google SearchWiki
Forbes.com: Technology News — ... e-mailing. "They both make me worry that Google is short on good ideas and is therefore devoting its unimaginable resources to not-so-good ones," he writes on his blog, Technologizer. Pundits who refrained from condemning SearchWiki also refrained from showering it with praise. Many speculate that Google will use the people-powered search results to improve its own search algorithms. Others, while approving of the idea, worry that this will lead to a new wave of page-rank gaming. Mathew Ingram at GigaOM believes pundits like Arrington are overreacting to the changes, noting ...

Google SearchWiki: Blessing or Boondoggle? [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network — ... When you do disagree, you really haven’t had any option to date but to suck it up and trudge along, pretending that you don’t care that Google’s search prioritization disagrees with your own. Now you can finally do something about your contrasting opinion thanks to Google SearchWiki. ...

So Robots Can’t Do Everything After All [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... overload problem, and that it’s going to take software and human beings working together to make sense of the information coming out of the fire hose. Even Google, the king of the algorithm — a company whose automated PageRank methods have helped to create more than $100 billion worth of stock market value in just a few years — has started allowing people to influence its search results directly, through its recently-launched Search Wiki features. Although the choices people make only directly affect the results they see, the ...