Comments on: Search of the future http://www.brainfuel.tv/search-of-the-future Anything is possible... with brainfuel! Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:48:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tommy Chapin http://www.brainfuel.tv/search-of-the-future/comment-page-1#comment-29554 Tommy Chapin Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:10:53 +0000 http://www.brainfuel.tv/?p=1460#comment-29554 In my opinion, the best search engine would be one that actually had an A.I. of some sort. 1. It would have to understand the basics of the english language. 2. It would have to know how different words tied into each other to form meanings. 3. It would have to be able to search by meaning, not just raw words. I would also like to see a "narrow down" feature implemented. For example: 1. User searches for "Chris Tingom". 2. Search engine asks, "Is Chris Tingom a place, person, or thing?" 3. User selects the "person" option. 4. Search engine asks another question, "Is this person male, female, or of unknown/undetermined gender?" 5. User selects "male". 6. Search engine shows a picture of Chris and says, "Is this who you're looking for?". Very rough concept, but you get the general idea... In my opinion, the best search engine would be one that actually had an A.I. of some sort.

1. It would have to understand the basics of the english language.

2. It would have to know how different words tied into each other to form meanings.

3. It would have to be able to search by meaning, not just raw words.

I would also like to see a “narrow down” feature implemented. For example:
1. User searches for “Chris Tingom”.
2. Search engine asks, “Is Chris Tingom a place, person, or thing?”
3. User selects the “person” option.
4. Search engine asks another question, “Is this person male, female, or of unknown/undetermined gender?”
5. User selects “male”.
6. Search engine shows a picture of Chris and says, “Is this who you’re looking for?”.

Very rough concept, but you get the general idea…

]]> By: jschin http://www.brainfuel.tv/search-of-the-future/comment-page-1#comment-29542 jschin Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:13:12 +0000 http://www.brainfuel.tv/?p=1460#comment-29542 ...for those who take the time, Google does have quite an arsenal of advanced search filters/tags. If used creativley, you can already achieve some of the things you mentioned. http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html http://www.google.com/help/refinesearch.html http://www.google.com/help/operators.html …for those who take the time, Google does have quite an arsenal of advanced search filters/tags. If used creativley, you can already achieve some of the things you mentioned.

http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html
http://www.google.com/help/refinesearch.html
http://www.google.com/help/operators.html

]]> By: anon http://www.brainfuel.tv/search-of-the-future/comment-page-1#comment-29539 anon Sun, 25 Sep 2005 18:19:44 +0000 http://www.brainfuel.tv/?p=1460#comment-29539 Am I being slow here? Are you talking about searches beyond the [catagory]:[subject] search that's available now in Google? Eg. stories:gorillas, product:gorillas, etc. While it's admittedly not perfect, as Ward points out, "Tags are good….up to a point. Eventually once a service with tags gets past a certian point, spammers invade and would completely ruin the service." And I've got to admit, I love Froogle. Am I being slow here? Are you talking about searches beyond the [catagory]:[subject] search that’s available now in Google? Eg. stories:gorillas, product:gorillas, etc.
While it’s admittedly not perfect, as Ward points out, “Tags are good….up to a point. Eventually once a service with tags gets past a certian point, spammers invade and would completely ruin the service.”
And I’ve got to admit, I love Froogle.

]]> By: Alec http://www.brainfuel.tv/search-of-the-future/comment-page-1#comment-29520 Alec Sun, 25 Sep 2005 03:17:05 +0000 http://www.brainfuel.tv/?p=1460#comment-29520 Tags are good....up to a point. Eventually once a service with tags gets past a certian point, spammers invade and would completely ruin the service. That and individual bias are what I think would ruin a large scale tagging service. I still think Google's current method is the best, although it is unfair to brand new sites. I'm sure, however, that it would be easy for Google to have a search option that would categorize the results, but you could just add it to your search query, such as "ipod nano reviews" or a froogle search for shopping, and Google does have a new Blog search, which is in Beta however. For research/facts, Google Scholar has that covered. As for time categorization, this is much more dificult to manage for all sites, because the vast majority of people don't put timestamps on their site. The things that do have timestamps are usualy generated when the site is updated, not manually declared. Tags are good….up to a point. Eventually once a service with tags gets past a certian point, spammers invade and would completely ruin the service. That and individual bias are what I think would ruin a large scale tagging service. I still think Google’s current method is the best, although it is unfair to brand new sites. I’m sure, however, that it would be easy for Google to have a search option that would categorize the results, but you could just add it to your search query, such as “ipod nano reviews” or a froogle search for shopping, and Google does have a new Blog search, which is in Beta however. For research/facts, Google Scholar has that covered. As for time categorization, this is much more dificult to manage for all sites, because the vast majority of people don’t put timestamps on their site. The things that do have timestamps are usualy generated when the site is updated, not manually declared.

]]> By: ward andrews http://www.brainfuel.tv/search-of-the-future/comment-page-1#comment-29499 ward andrews Sat, 24 Sep 2005 19:41:09 +0000 http://www.brainfuel.tv/?p=1460#comment-29499 i think this could be accomplished with some tags. what if google allowed users to tag search results? i think this could be accomplished with some tags. what if google allowed users to tag search results?

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