Comments on: Search engines: let in the experts (just like Topicle) http://thenextweb.com/2008/03/11/search-engines-let-in-the-experts-just-like-topicle/ International technology news, business & culture Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:31:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Politics and the environment http://thenextweb.com/2008/03/11/search-engines-let-in-the-experts-just-like-topicle/#comment-361375 Politics and the environment Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:18:27 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/2008/03/11/search-engines-let-in-the-experts-just-like-topicle/#comment-361375 Every website owner is in an ongoing battle with search engines Every website owner is in an ongoing battle with search engines

]]> By: CoComment goes 3.0 and adds the expert layer http://thenextweb.com/2008/03/11/search-engines-let-in-the-experts-just-like-topicle/#comment-361374 CoComment goes 3.0 and adds the expert layer Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:01:25 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/2008/03/11/search-engines-let-in-the-experts-just-like-topicle/#comment-361374 [...] more than average about a certain subject. Call them mavens if you want. Mahalo and Topicle are examples of services who already embraced these people, Swiss conversations online tracker coComment is [...] [...] more than average about a certain subject. Call them mavens if you want. Mahalo and Topicle are examples of services who already embraced these people, Swiss conversations online tracker coComment is [...]

]]> By: Alex http://thenextweb.com/2008/03/11/search-engines-let-in-the-experts-just-like-topicle/#comment-361373 Alex Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:53:39 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/2008/03/11/search-engines-let-in-the-experts-just-like-topicle/#comment-361373 I just built a green home improvement search engine that relies on both crowd knowledge and the knowledge of an expert. The expert chooses which topics to highlight as well as which site to promote/demote, and then the crowd comes in and votes results up and down. Without the involvement of the expert, the community has little structure for them to make decisions. http://greenhome.swicki.com I just built a green home improvement search engine that relies on both crowd knowledge and the knowledge of an expert. The expert chooses which topics to highlight as well as which site to promote/demote, and then the crowd comes in and votes results up and down. Without the involvement of the expert, the community has little structure for them to make decisions.

http://greenhome.swicki.com

]]> By: philodygmn http://thenextweb.com/2008/03/11/search-engines-let-in-the-experts-just-like-topicle/#comment-361372 philodygmn Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:26:14 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/2008/03/11/search-engines-let-in-the-experts-just-like-topicle/#comment-361372 I think Wales meant quality search isn't a product, not that anyone doing search these days now has quality search. That you can't fuel a successful enterprise with just a wrinkle on general search alone. Specialized search or the micro-directories you're talking about I doubt are really comparable as enterprises with Google or even the early days of Yahoo! because they were attempting to be comprehensive for the entire medium in a way a niche search just isn't, instead trying to establish an editorial perspective, not an encyclopedic directory service like in the early days. I think Wales meant quality search isn’t a product, not that anyone doing search these days now has quality search. That you can’t fuel a successful enterprise with just a wrinkle on general search alone. Specialized search or the micro-directories you’re talking about I doubt are really comparable as enterprises with Google or even the early days of Yahoo! because they were attempting to be comprehensive for the entire medium in a way a niche search just isn’t, instead trying to establish an editorial perspective, not an encyclopedic directory service like in the early days.

]]> By: Kevin Rose: ‘Digg will soon start suggesting stories’ http://thenextweb.com/2008/03/11/search-engines-let-in-the-experts-just-like-topicle/#comment-361371 Kevin Rose: ‘Digg will soon start suggesting stories’ Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:47:55 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/2008/03/11/search-engines-let-in-the-experts-just-like-topicle/#comment-361371 [...] Scott also asked Kevin some questions about the future of Digg. Kevin: “We have to fix the Upcoming section because it’s broken. Nobody can follow the 50,000 new stories users submit per day”. So how will Rose and his team do this? Well, there gonna follow the 3.0 trend by letting in the experts. [...] [...] Scott also asked Kevin some questions about the future of Digg. Kevin: “We have to fix the Upcoming section because it’s broken. Nobody can follow the 50,000 new stories users submit per day”. So how will Rose and his team do this? Well, there gonna follow the 3.0 trend by letting in the experts. [...]

]]> By: RestyleMe is styling 2.0 and certainly not 3.0 http://thenextweb.com/2008/03/11/search-engines-let-in-the-experts-just-like-topicle/#comment-361370 RestyleMe is styling 2.0 and certainly not 3.0 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:07:11 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/2008/03/11/search-engines-let-in-the-experts-just-like-topicle/#comment-361370 [...] balancing the ‘wisdom of crowds’ by embracing experts. A good example is Topicle, a search community with a pool of small search engines that use the human intelligence of [...] [...] balancing the ‘wisdom of crowds’ by embracing experts. A good example is Topicle, a search community with a pool of small search engines that use the human intelligence of [...]

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