[Search-l] twin principles, or what brings us together?

[Keith Botley]

Quality not filtered through a profit motive. 

Wikia Search is a for profit venture so how will the business model effect
the search results. For instance Google makes a point to tell us that there
are sponsored results at the top and right margins but do we really know
that this is the only case? 

If I make a wikia search will I know, without a doubt, that I am seeing the
most relevant crawled pages that are thoughtfully ranked by the user
population?

Keith Botley







> Nobody yet pointed out a completely glaring omission, the obvious  
> one, and perhaps the most important unifying principle of the three now:

>	Quality - Significantly improve the relevancy and accuracy of search

> results and the searching experience.

Jer

On May 7, 2007, at 1:59 AM, jer wrote:

> One thing I've spent a lot of time trying to summarize is what is it
> that really brought us together, what defines this effort in the
> simplest way?
>
> Here's what I've come up with so far as my twin principles:
>
> 	Transparency - Openness in how the systems and algorithms operate,
> both in the form of open source licenses and open content + APIs.
> 	Collaboration - Everyone is able to contribute in some way (as
> individuals or entire organizations), strong social and community  
> focus.
>
> We are a search community built on a shared belief in Transparency
> and Collaboration... I hope that rings true for everyone else here,
> it's what I personally believe in as the foundation for a better  
> search.
>
> Jer
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