[Search-l] the concept of a wiki mini article for search results

[William Surowiec]

Jer,

I would profit if you indicate how you see the interaction in the 
knugget food chain (factory, collector, broker) It sounds like this is  
something living at the broker but how strongly is it influenced by the 
factory and collector? Is it some type of add-on that depends on 
potential ambiguity discovered in query interpretation or result 
grouping (and who does the heavy lifting)?

Bill

jer wrote:
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> The concept is quite simple, what if there were a placeholder for  
> miniature wiki articles above any search result?  These would be very  
> small and could serve as a very simple human-powered search  
> function.  
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> It's also important that these articles aren't search results, they  
> are just a special fixture intended to guide a searcher to the right  
> results.  Therefore the only real restriction is that they can't link  
> to anything but other search terms.  It's a big restriction though,  
> and one well worth debating, as it would lower the attraction as a  
> spamming target, but also lower the value when there is no search  
> term to link to that will really help the searcher.
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