<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span>I like the idea, especially the idea of pointing to like a wikipedia article for encyclopedic search terms and maps for cities etc...<br>Also, what would be awesome is if the search engine could use words in that area to improve the search results.
<br><br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><span class="e" id="q_1155c4c3c28ccd0f_1"><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/1/07,
<b class="gmail_sendername">Emili</b> <<a href="mailto:emili.sapena@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">emili.sapena@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I like the idea and I agree with the linking policy to avoid spam.<br>However, some links to wikipedia or other referring sites (open street<br>map for example for geological searches, some other site for images or<br>videos, etc.) could be good.
<br><br><br>On 10/1/07, jer <<a href="mailto:jeremie@jabber.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">jeremie@jabber.org</a>> wrote:<br>> I take no credit for this idea, it's actually Jimmy's and has been
<br>> bouncing around in my head since he mentioned it:
<br>><br>> The concept is quite simple, what if there were a placeholder for<br>> miniature wiki articles above any search result? These would be very<br>> small and could serve as a very simple human-powered search
<br>> function. The idea isn't to create a summary article for every<br>> single popular keyword, in fact it's almost the opposite, to create<br>> articles for only the search terms that are the most difficult and
<br>> generally don't work well.<br>><br>> These mini articles would be treated like any normal wiki text and<br>> managed via the same customs everyone is already familiar with.<br>> Since they are just a short guide there would only need to be a few
<br>> lines per article, and there may a class of common ones that become<br>> almost templates (like misspellings an automated system misses, or<br>> easy double-meaning disambig articles).<br>><br>> It's also important that these articles aren't search results, they
<br>> are just a special fixture intended to guide a searcher to the right<br>> results. Therefore the only real restriction is that they can't link<br>> to anything but other search terms. It's a big restriction though,
<br>> and one well worth debating, as it would lower the attraction as a<br>> spamming target, but also lower the value when there is no search<br>> term to link to that will really help the searcher.<br>><br>
> I hope I didn't do the idea any injustice by explaining it poorly and<br>> Jimmy do jump in if so. I was hoping to have a little test area to<br>> play with this concept while we discuss is, but I think anything
<br>> resembling a search in any kind of experimental form right now might<br>> get the wrong kind of attention :)<br>><br>> Jer<br>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________
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