Google SearchWiki: You Can ‘Check Out,’ But Your Results Don’t Leave
Jun 12, 2009 at 1:23pm ET by Matt McGee
After months of requests from its users, Google has finally added a way to turn off its SearchWiki tool. But, while you can "check out" of using SearchWiki, your customized search results don't leave. More on that in a moment.
Users can turn SearchWiki off (and on) by clicking on the "Preferences" link next to the Google search box. Down near the bottom of the preferences page, you'll see a check box that disables SearchWiki.
But all this checkbox does is remove the ability to use SearchWiki; if you've voted pages up or down, or left comments in the SearchWiki system, those will sti [...]
Filed in: Google: SearchWiki, Google: User Interface, Top News
Google Enables Simpler SearchWiki Notes Sharing
May 22, 2009 at 8:23am ET by Barry Schwartz
Brian Ussery noticed Google has changed the way you can share your SearchWiki notes in the search results. If you are logged in to Google and you have notes on search results, you can share those notes with friends. Here is how:
(1) Search on the query at Google and the results should show up with a link at the top to "share these notes":
(2) Click the link and a URL will show up in a text box, copy and paste the link and send it to a friend:
(3) Here is a preview of that result for you to see:
[...]
Filed in: Google: Personalized Search, Google: SearchWiki, Top News
Google Is Testing SearchWiki As Way To Remove AdWords Ads
Feb 15, 2009 at 8:48am ET by Barry Schwartz
Last night I discovered reports via WebmasterWorld that shows Google testing a flavor of Google SearchWiki directly on the paid ads, also known as AdWords results.
Here is a screen capture of that in action:
I have emailed Google for a statement and I will update this post when I receive one.
If you want to discuss this with other SEMs, just the Sphinn thread.
Postscript: Here is a statement I received from a Google spokesperson:
As part of our ongoing commitment to innovation, we are currently running an experiment in which users can customize the ads that appear in the "Sp [...]
Filed in: Google: AdWords, Google: SearchWiki, Top News
Google Testing “Preferred Sites” Option In Search Preferences
Jan 19, 2009 at 9:29am ET by Barry Schwartz
Google Operating System discovered a new experiment Google is running named Preferred Sites. In short, users who are in this experiment will be able to add a list of sites in their search preferences page as their "preferred sites." Google will then use that information to show those sites in a higher ranking order in the Google results for that user, when it makes sense. Let me share some examples of how this works.
If you set cnn.com to be a preferred site and you are logged in to your Google account and conduct a search for space station, Google may bump up a result from CNN to the top [...]
Filed in: Google: Personalized Search, Google: SearchWiki, Google: Web History & Search History, Google: Web Search, Top News
Does Sound Encourage Searchers To Use SearchWiki?
Dec 19, 2008 at 8:46am ET by Barry Schwartz
Michael Arrington went on a rant about Google testing sound effect in the new Google SearchWiki. In short, Michael is upset that Google would spend the time adding sound effects over adding an option to turn off SearchWiki. I do agree with with Michael on this, but we do know that feature is coming in early 2009.
But if you watch Michael's video, using SearchWiki becomes addictive when you hear the sound effects - at least to me. Watch the video:
I can see searchers hear the sound and then be led to remove or promote more results, because it makes it more fun.
However, I think [...]
Filed in: Google: SearchWiki
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