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When I search for "Eclipse Java", I want results about the IDE. When my girlfriend searches, she's probably interested in Twilight-themed coffee or something. T
by thurn 14y ago
When I search for "Eclipse Java", I want results about the IDE. When my girlfriend searches, she's probably interested in Twilight-themed coffee or something. That's what personalization is all about.
- twelvechairs 14y agoAnd if you usually search for programming languages, but this time want to understand what your 13-year-old cousin keeps blabbing about? Suddenly it all falls apart and everything about the whole process seems murky and over-complex.
- tikhonj 14y agoIn my experience, for overloaded terms, the less pertinent one tends to pop up near the bottom of the front page. For example, when I search for "Python" the sixth result is about snakes.
- VMG 14y agoOpen an incognito tab. Done.
- dsrguru 14y agoThe idea is that ambiguous search queries would default to the meanings related to your normal search behavior, and if on a particular occasion you discover Google resolves the ambiguity incorrectly, you could make your query more precise. In the above scenario, you could search for `java eclipse stephenie meyer' and your 13-year-old cousin could search for `java eclipse ide'.
- aptwebapps 14y agoMaybe there should be an advanced search option like that ... twilight java pov:"thirteen year old girl" Joking aside, there are probably other ways of clarifying that if you know what you are doing (e.g. add 'vampire' to the terms).
- mattmillr 14y agoThat might get you an IDE plugin for working with Java VAMPIRE tools for Bayesian statistical analysis of gene expression array data.
- j_col 14y ago...and that level of personalization requires that Google collects a lot of personal data about you. Happy to make the trade-off?