[Search-l] Really Great Article on Search Quality

[Anthony]

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 10:00 PM, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
> 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?

Be innovative.  Load a different number of pages depending on the
speed of the connection.