Comments on: Is Google Diving Head First Into HCIR? http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/05/12/is-google-diving-head-first-into-hcir/ Mon, 21 May 2012 05:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Google Search Appliance: Now Without HCIR! | The Noisy Channel http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/05/12/is-google-diving-head-first-into-hcir/comment-page-1/#comment-4258 Google Search Appliance: Now Without HCIR! | The Noisy Channel Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:02:44 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=2078#comment-4258 [...] more to search results than ten blue links. Even the Google web folks seem to be slouching towards accepting the importance of interaction. Their enterprise team should be leading, not [...] [...] more to search results than ten blue links. Even the Google web folks seem to be slouching towards accepting the importance of interaction. Their enterprise team should be leading, not [...]

]]> By: Waiting for the Big Bing | The Noisy Channel http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/05/12/is-google-diving-head-first-into-hcir/comment-page-1/#comment-3692 Waiting for the Big Bing | The Noisy Channel Fri, 29 May 2009 00:43:04 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=2078#comment-3692 [...] to organize the world’s information–and it’s even starting to offer users limited query refinement capabilities. If Microsoft is going to make headway on this round, I suspect they’ll have to [...] [...] to organize the world’s information–and it’s even starting to offer users limited query refinement capabilities. If Microsoft is going to make headway on this round, I suspect they’ll have to [...]

]]> By: FXPAL Blog » Blog Archive » Searching for a Google Search API http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/05/12/is-google-diving-head-first-into-hcir/comment-page-1/#comment-3186 FXPAL Blog » Blog Archive » Searching for a Google Search API Tue, 19 May 2009 15:27:42 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=2078#comment-3186 [...] his resent post, Daniel Tunkelang was cautiously optimistic about Google’s forays into HCIR, suggesting that [...] [...] his resent post, Daniel Tunkelang was cautiously optimistic about Google’s forays into HCIR, suggesting that [...]

]]> By: jeremy http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/05/12/is-google-diving-head-first-into-hcir/comment-page-1/#comment-3130 jeremy Fri, 15 May 2009 19:52:58 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=2078#comment-3130 Hmm.. no reply from Matt yet. Hmm.. no reply from Matt yet.

]]> By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/05/12/is-google-diving-head-first-into-hcir/comment-page-1/#comment-3118 Daniel Tunkelang Wed, 13 May 2009 23:09:10 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=2078#comment-3118 I'm guessing it's much harder for them to show old results than new ones, but of course that's based on the supposition that their indexing approach is biased towards a small subset of their document collection. I posted a comment on Matt Cutts's blog; perhaps he'll shed light on the decision. http://www.dullest.com/blog/searchology-spellmeleon-chameleon/#comment-332188 I’m guessing it’s much harder for them to show old results than new ones, but of course that’s based on the supposition that their indexing approach is biased towards a small subset of their document collection. I posted a comment on Matt Cutts’s blog; perhaps he’ll shed light on the decision.

http://www.dullest.com/blog/searchology-spellmeleon-chameleon/#comment-332188

]]> By: jeremy http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/05/12/is-google-diving-head-first-into-hcir/comment-page-1/#comment-3117 jeremy Wed, 13 May 2009 16:17:12 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=2078#comment-3117 So in the time-based results refactoring options, you can sort by most recent, or only see the last 24 hours, week, etc. But it doesn't let me sort by LEAST recent. Boy, sometimes that sort of search is extremely useful, especially when I am doing a literature search and looking for the earliest mention of a topic. That seems like such an easy change.. why is that not an option? So in the time-based results refactoring options, you can sort by most recent, or only see the last 24 hours, week, etc.

But it doesn’t let me sort by LEAST recent. Boy, sometimes that sort of search is extremely useful, especially when I am doing a literature search and looking for the earliest mention of a topic.

That seems like such an easy change.. why is that not an option?

]]> By: Max L. Wilson http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/05/12/is-google-diving-head-first-into-hcir/comment-page-1/#comment-3116 Max L. Wilson Wed, 13 May 2009 08:40:20 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=2078#comment-3116 wow. this feels like a massive step for google. Its gotta be the most dramatic UI change to what has 'defined' Google for so long. I better evaluate it. wow.

this feels like a massive step for google. Its gotta be the most dramatic UI change to what has ‘defined’ Google for so long. I better evaluate it.

]]> By: jeremy http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/05/12/is-google-diving-head-first-into-hcir/comment-page-1/#comment-3111 jeremy Wed, 13 May 2009 05:08:41 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=2078#comment-3111 I, for one, welcome our new HCIR overlor.. Ok, ok, that meme has run its course ;-) But yeah, even the fact that the PR-speak has changed its tone is a significant step. I am very much looking forward to seeing what happens, too. More here: http://irgupf.com/2009/03/25/good-interaction-design-trumps-smart-algorithms/ I, for one, welcome our new HCIR overlor..

Ok, ok, that meme has run its course ;-)

But yeah, even the fact that the PR-speak has changed its tone is a significant step. I am very much looking forward to seeing what happens, too.

More here: http://irgupf.com/2009/03/25/good-interaction-design-trumps-smart-algorithms/

]]> By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/05/12/is-google-diving-head-first-into-hcir/comment-page-1/#comment-3110 Daniel Tunkelang Wed, 13 May 2009 02:57:11 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=2078#comment-3110 Actually, I think it's more like Altavista's Visual Live Topics. Danny Sullivan has a gallery of examples <a href="http://daggle.com/why-search-sucks-you-wont-fix-it-the-way-you-think-203" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Actually, I think it’s more like Altavista’s Visual Live Topics.

Danny Sullivan has a gallery of examples here.

]]> By: Eric Andersen http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/05/12/is-google-diving-head-first-into-hcir/comment-page-1/#comment-3109 Eric Andersen Wed, 13 May 2009 02:46:05 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=2078#comment-3109 Isn't Google "Wonder Wheel" just VisualThesaurus which has been around for years? Isn’t Google “Wonder Wheel” just VisualThesaurus which has been around for years?

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