[Search-l] Really Great Article on Search Quality

[Jimmy Wales]

Dennis Kubes wrote:
> Here is a really great article on search quality and some of the 
> observations google has seen.  One thing I would like to do after a bit 
> more work on the current search and after we have the ability to host 
> multiple indexes is to get a public testing system setup so everyone can 
> help determine when search results are getting better:
> 
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9954972-7.html

The direct question I wonder about is whether we should be returning 10 
results by default or *fewer*.  Because we have the magical ajax 
scrolling thingy, probably we only need to serve up 5-6 to fill the 
first screen in the browser.  Would the page load faster for people on 
slow connections that way?