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A second best method is to think hard of what problems other people might have that you can solve. Let's do [this] by seeing what people are searching on the in
by amirmc 16y ago
A second best method is to think hard of what problems other people might have that you can solve. Let's do [this] by seeing what people are searching on the internet
That's an interesting idea and I found the results intriguing. However, the search results themselves also need to be taken into account.
For example on the search term "How can I have a blog". The author's opinion is... "These suggest that many people are still left out of technology because they find services too complicated. Need for even simpler blogging, site creation, etc. platforms?"
I disagree with this view since it presumes people already know the major blogging platforms before they search. The search itself brings up Blogger and Wordpress as the first two hits which may have satisfied users.
- lkozma 16y agoVery good point, I agree. However, I also meant that even the way the questions are formulated "how can I do a blog", "how can I blog on facebook" betray a lack of basic understanding of these technologies. Perhaps not only simpler platforms are needed, but better offline education about these topics as well (via school, traditional media, etc.)
- amirmc 16y agoI'd say that language barriers also play a role. I've met plenty of educated, non-native, english speakers who would say "How can I do a blog". That queries display a lack of understanding shouldn't be too surprising. I suspect people often search Google when they don't know about a topic. If my first search were "How can I do a blog", my second may well be "What are the differences between, Blogger and Wordpress". If people are asking about blogging on Facebook I'd be interested to know what they learned from the results of the search. i.e has their understanding increased? If so, then I'd argue we don't need further education. Overall, I'm suggesting that perhaps Google is already solving these people's problems by connecting them with answers (to some extent).