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"I'd allow users to upvote or downvote their search results" Google already did that. But for some reason they were unable to efficiently use results of that pr
by dennisgorelik 16y ago
"I'd allow users to upvote or downvote their search results"
Google already did that.
But for some reason they were unable to efficiently use results of that project.
I think something is broken in Google's mid-management.
- staktrace 16y agoThat's because average users don't vote on search results.
- cabalamat 16y agoMaybe they would if they knew it would result in them getting better results in future. If I could ban certain websites from appearing in my results, I would.
- natrius 16y agoI'd guess that the clickstream data can yield conclusions that are nearly as accurate as manual voting, if not moreso. It's not worth cluttering the interface for data with such low marginal value.
- steve-howard 16y agoAssuming that people actually use the "down" buttons, I can envision visiting a spammy link and wanting to go back to the search results page and kill a result.
- dennisgorelik 16y agoUsing clickstream data for defining ranking is a must, but not enough. Manual rating adds value to web site rankings. Google Toolbar's data adds even more value to the ranking. I'd say all that clicking data should be affect search rankings even more than hyperlinks.