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Whichever way, topical PageRank would be much better than simply filtering by word, IP, domain, etc. (althouth those types of filters might be used to seed the search).
It would make my job harder in a lot of cases, but I can see that the cases in which topic sensitivity would make my job easier are the ones where I really do worth for the main "authority" in that phrase domain.
Chiyo beat me to it. Actually, this is a good place to tie in Chiyo's earlier commentary on Adwords pricing and how it can discourage bids on precise terms. The 'yellow pages dynamic' is only achieved by having a large and diverse group of advertisers, so Google would do well to establish a marketplace on regional and specialized searches.
Perhaps adding themes to Google's algorithm could help on searches like this.
As for Java, well, this explains it: [gksoft.com...] :)
DG
Perhaps google could cross-reference URLS from adwords and give the URL in the search a boost, if the clickthrough is high in adwords?? This would make sense if clickthrough is high, because the user knows it is an advertisement to sell a product, therefor validating the search result for that URL for other searchers.
Just a thought :)
I've found Google returns good results for some specific brand name products. It really depends on the web sites who sell those products and whether they've created search engine-friendly pages.
For example I did a search for a specific UPS battery last week and found a lot of results, but on the other hand I have had a hard time finding certain cycling shoes before; though there were sites out there who sold those shoes, their pages just didn't get into Google because they were flashy and commercial.
Google kinda can't control that. I do think a "Shopping" tab, as suggested earlier, might be helpful.
I only use 2 search engines to find anything, google for all my general inquiries and hard to find products and information, and overture to find shopping sites when I'm looking to shop.
yes, a shopping tab would be great.
Someone above mentioned they thought this would be bad for Google because Google is known for pure results. I have to disagree. If it were in a seperate Tab somewhere and not in the main SERPS, I don't see a problem. I find myself going to SHOPPER.com when searching for computer parts. Unfortunately SHOPPER only includes electronics. I would love to stay on Google for these types of commercial searches. I could think of all kinds of ways Google could make money from a shopping section.
If I do a search for 'public relations management tools' for example, I bring up a list of results to wade thru. However, if 'public relations' were a tagged category, then I could search using this tool for 'management tools' specific to the category, public relations. While I would no doubt have a big list still... they'd not include snippets like 'our public relations manager was reassigned... while the web management tools worked great for COMP121..." on a non-related .edu site.
Anyhow, my $0.02.
Pricewatch and NexTag (which seems to be trying to cop the google color-scheme) both eat.
Doesn't seem like it would be that far removed from Google catalogs (beta).
Sure, I appreciate the fact that discussion lists may have a lot of content in them, but EVERY time I do a specific but generic search (i.e., searching for a program to do something specific) it returns a lot of forum posts before getting to an actual page.
Anyone else noticed this? It's gotten a lot worse in the last 2 weeks or so! Or is it just me being daft with my search queries? Always a possibility!! :)
/David.
I'm using google.co.il in hebrew, and the main problem there is that google don't know the grammar.
examples:
1) google can't see the connaction between "table" & "tables" in herbew
2) "houses in israel" is writen in hebrew something like "houses InIsrael" and google don't know it.
Still, google.co.il is #1 SE for me and many more users, but if u can get somebody to fix this problem, that will be great.
(if u do, i promest to learn the English grammer):)
that's some comical irony there :)
To get a girlfriend, join AOL, create a member chat room titled: "Need a girlfriend." Works better than Google. ;)
It has been three years since I established my Web site. That's about 1000 days. Let's say an average of 250,000 hits/day. That's 250 million hits. And I've yet to go out on a date with someone whom I met on the Internet.
This might be off-topic for this thread... but how about a Google personals service?
Danny.
I love many of the features of google for new zealand sites try adding site:.nz or site:co.nz as one of the keywords in your search.
But backwards links have decreased in usefulness over the last year. Not only do you not get all of the results but there is no way to search for a page that links to more than one url. For example if I wanted to find pages that had a link to [npr.org...] and [jpost.com...] .
>> results based on different algos
Seems to me that would reduce the pressure from the spammers. Would not matter how it was done, regional (sites linked to or from .uk country code). Authority sites (text content) vs Authority hubs (links content) vs hubs (themed link pages). The engine that does this first in a big way (**1) is going to be cool.
**1 teoma has alread broken up their search results but the user has no selection over what they want. There are no default settings you get ppc (been done before), refine search (been done before but these are really great suggestions), results (all search engines have them), and resources (cool)
Not that I have used these services.... :)
1.Having an optional interface like Kartoo.com (with the GREAT ability to add and remove words related or not related to what you're really searching for -- which would really help in the JAVA example mentioned above) would be a dream option for Google
2. Changing the Adwords Select program so that it makes more logical sense when it comes to determining bid prices.
3. Adding a .mpeg search feature like that at Alltheweb (good for finding free quicktime tutorials).
4. Adding the ability to search by julian date.
That would be a good start...
He he.
1/ Never paid for it in my life <thinks>How can I say that, having been married and divorced twice. FUBAR -LOL</thinks>Too much like pay per click. FOFL
2/ I live in Spain
Beachboy - LOL
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