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battellemedia.com - 11/21/2008

Google SearchWiki

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So here we go - Google is jumping into the social media search world. "SearchWiki" is Google's answer to the question "Why can't I make search work the way I want it to work, and share/learn from others doing the same thing?" But one wonders if Google searchers have that question to ...

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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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Google: Here’s a new feature to help you serve us better
GMSV — ... data from SearchWiki may someday impact regular search rankings,” McGee wrote. “I asked what would happen if 10,000 people all added ‘Matt McGee’s Widget Page’ to their own results for the phrase [widget]. ‘We’re always looking at user data as a signal,’ Dupont says. And in a situation like that? ‘We’re not closing any doors.’” And between encouraging the use of repeated searches instead of bookmarks and adding more content to the search results in the form of comments, Google also gains page views, stickiness and ad exposure . Good for Google, I suppose, but in this instance, ...

The Verdict On Google SearchWiki
Forbes.com: Technology News — ... at GigaOM believes pundits like Arrington are overreacting to the changes, noting that SearchWiki is just an extension of the way Google has always worked, aggregating the results of its users. "Voting and commenting features simply give Google more pieces of data they can use to arrive at the best result," he writes. John Battelle , founder of Federated Media, notes that Google "will learn a ton about search behavior," but he thinks the bigger purpose is to fundamentally change how people use Google. It is less about improving search results and more about increasing the ...