[Search-l] Widgets

[Gérard Dupont]

I was not talking about using what yahoo or google suggestion feature, but
about how they do it. Actually I'm not aware of any open (neither closed)
services that provide query/terms suggestion.

About the use of users data, I don't see the "wrong" way in query/terms
suggestion as far as the user is aware that its search history could be used
to enhance to engine (which is the aim of search wikia). We could do it in
an open way using for instance APML profile for users and give them control
on it.

2008/7/22 Mark (Markie) <newsmarkie at googlemail.com>:

> hmm this is the problem i kinda outlined above, as to what amount do we
> accept the use of unfree services that may use info from our users in the
> "wrong" way, such as google, yahoo etc.  i agree that we should try at all
> costs to stay free, but to what limits will we accept the use of apis etc
> from proprietaries?
>
> regards
>
> mark
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
>
>> Aerik Sylvan wrote:
>> > Hmm... couldn't you use a Google Maps API call (JS) to get the lat lang,
>> > then call the NOAA feed?  I haven't looked at the NOAA feed at all,
>> > but...  Then we cache the lat/lang in a cookie or something, to avoid a
>> > gazillion calls.  Might be a little tricky with pure javascript, if the
>> > NOAA feed is only xml and not JSON, but...
>>
>> I am 100% all for this, and I am also a free software and free data
>> fanatic, and would love to see a way to make all of this available under
>> a free license.
>>
>> So calling external APIs to proprietary servcies to make life better is
>> great -- we are doing this now, calling Yahoo BOSS when we have no
>> results -- but it is only great as long as we keep firmly focussed on:
>> how can we also replace this with something really open and free.
>>
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Gérard Dupont
Information Processing Competence Center (IPCC) - EADS DS
http://weblab-project.org

Perception & Machine Learning team - LITIS Laboratory
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