Goto Searchs asking for relevance feedback

New feature?

[Travoli]

I just noticed today a little "[+] Feedback" symbol that moves in the bottom right corner of my goto.com search results. When the mouse is dragged over, it asks to rate the relevancy of the search results. This is new to me, has it been there long?

I am glad they are actively trying to keep search results relevant. And now we get to complain when they are not :)

[Mike_Mackin]

[goto.com...]

**WHERE** ?
I just don't see that.

[Travoli]

Thats weird, I clicked on your link Mike_Mackin, and I got a page of search results, for free stuff, and it was sitting right there. It scrolls as you scroll, so it always remains in the bottom right corner. it looks like the following:

[+]
Feedback

I wonder if they are targeting me with a cookie?

[Mike_Mackin]

I'm in MSIE 5 with JAVA Enabled (Apple MRJ) on MAC in OS 9
What are you using?

(edited by: Mike_Mackin at 1:26 pm (gmt) on July 26, 2001

[msgraph]

I'm seeing it as well.

IE 5.5 Win ME

It animates too

(edited by: msgraph at 1:27 pm (gmt) on July 26, 2001

[Travoli]

MSIE 5 on PC, Win 2000 Pro. It is kind of a neat little feature, something I know many of us have dreamed of having a little instant input on for a long time.

[makemetop]

Yes - I see it too. IE 5/Win 98. Kind of neat!

[bigjohnt]

I got it too. IE5 WIn98. Could be a Mac disability issue.. <gawd I miss my Mac - but it has to stay at home.>
I think they are on the right track asking users about relelvance, instead of editors who cannot POSSIBLY know all the issues of every industry category and user.

[Shabba]

The company that creates these little pop-up feedback features is:

[opinionlab.com...]

"...users will tell a website how to improve, if empowered to do so"

Bet they end up getting flooded with feedback! :)