tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post115569928264368122..comments2024-03-24T10:38:16.997-07:00Comments on Geeking with Greg: Chris Sherman on social searchGreg Lindenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09216403000599463072noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-43851224590063998422007-05-03T15:52:00.000-07:002007-05-03T15:52:00.000-07:00So this depends on what the searcher's intent is. ...So this depends on what the searcher's intent is. Do they need a comprehensive output? Or do they need at least one "good enough" hit? <BR/><BR/>There's a big difference between trying to find a directory of local pizza places & doing due diligence on a new corporate acquisition.<BR/><BR/>I believe social search does have a role to play - but not everywhere...Matt Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02988878027513631894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1155752375416587092006-08-16T11:19:00.000-07:002006-08-16T11:19:00.000-07:00No matter how many people get involved with bookma...<I>No matter how many people get involved with bookmarking, tagging, [or] voting ... the scale and scope of the web means that most content will be unheralded by social search efforts ... People-mediated search will never be as comprehensive as algorithmic search.</I><BR/><BR/>But.. isn't the same thing really true of most algorithmic search, too? I mean, if you're an engine that only puts the top 10 documents on a page, you're also losing out on comprehensiveness. Nobody looks past the first page.<BR/><BR/>Contrast that with an exploratory search engine (as usual, I'll trot out Ask and Vivisimo as examples), where you can really "see" hundreds of documents at once.. though exploratory interfaces and tools. <BR/><BR/>To me, it is not so much of an issue between social search vs. algorithmic search. It is an issue of precision-oriented search vs. recall-oriented search. Most if not all of today's web search technologies, whether social or algorithmic, are oriented toward the former.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com