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Super interesting. A lot of people feel the same way. Why do you think you weren't able to get any traction for this?
by ryanb 6y ago
Super interesting. A lot of people feel the same way. Why do you think you weren't able to get any traction for this?
- Androider 6y agoThey probably look at the metrics and see that a lot of people are going to the Pinterest results. That the results are garbage and undermine the Google images search experience is much harder to measure.
- baxtr 6y agoBut isn’t this a sign that it’s actually useful for people? At the same time I have to admit that google image search is probably their worst vertical.
- Tostino 6y agoI'd say it's more of a sign of what shows up highest in their index rather than any indication on the quality.
- Spivak 6y agoIf people are actually navigating to the results and not bouncing immediately due to the login wall that is a sign that people are finding them useful. Is it that weird to believe that lots of people have Pinterest logins?
- Tostino 6y agoWith image search more than other types of search IMO, because the source of the image is less prominent than the image itself, so ignoring specific domains is harder. I've clicked Pinterest links over and over in google search when on my phone when I had no interest in them, but it's hard to avoid because it isn't always clear what is what.
- panpanna 6y agoWelcome to the future. Everything is decided by AI based on data we don't really understand.
- coding123 6y agoIf only there was a way to track the number of seconds they spent on pinterest until the back button was hit and... factor that in as a feature in ML. voila.
- wanderr 6y agoI don't think it's that simple. When a user goes back to image search results, is it because they are unsatisfied with the result they clicked on, or are they looking for even more, hoping to compare? And when a user closes out instead of doing back, is it because they got what they wanted or because the results were so garbage they gave up? Based on my own usage of image search results I don't think you would be able to tell when I was happy with the results or when I wasn't. But you can probably tell that my usage of image search went down when it started getting shitty due to this spam.
- pfranz 6y agoWhat are your use-cases for image search? Mine are pretty straightforward; find a higher quality/uncropped version or to find the source (article, recipe, or photo set). Use case #1 I click through save and exit. Use case #2 I engage like I would for web (text) search. #1 might be confused for not finding the intended result, but could be discerned after looking a bit more. Also, if a lot of people add in "-site:pinterest.*" (or click on pinterest sites but come back, then find the intended result) that might be a hint it's not adding real value.
- wanderr 6y agoI think my use cases are pretty varied, anything from looking for pictures of a place I'm considering going hiking, looking for different views of a product I'm considering purchasing, looking for other examples of an artists art, to trying to figure out where some image originated