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Aris · 05-27-2006, 08:00 AM

1)Filtering commercial sites out of google can be nearly impossible for non-epxert users who don't use advanced syntax.

Searches for reviews, information, opinions and info -about- products, information about holiday destinations, publicly traded companie etc etc

the answer in the search market was given however by yahoo mindset (mindset.yahoo.com) which is still a beta, but doesn't quite work perfectly yet.

Still does a much better job then google in finding genuine, non-commercial info.

2) Try searching for time sensitive information such as manchester v barcelona results, or vote results, etc etc. Even though google has the power to sort time sensitive data from it's massive database by traffic trends etc, they haven't still cracked the right balance between fresh content and link data in their results..

Some times you don't want to land on manchester united's site when you look for match results, you just want a site that does just that - results..

Given that users use search engines as their default launch pad to the internet, you'd expect SE to eventually get smart like that- and act intuitively (depending on keywords naturally) to realise if you're shopping, researching, looking for news ( fresh content ), comparing products, looking for porn images, local pizza houses or the phone number of your dentist.

3) Mobile search: Google mobile is one of their most dissapointing products in my experience. There is no such thing as geolocation, and to find movies in angel, or just the phone number of a cinema in Angel - London N1, you need to browse 10 minutes through endless junk before finding any cinema results.
Mobile and local searches have a looong way to go before they are satisfactory. yellow pages or information call centres are still faster and cheaper to use.

05-27-2006, 08:00 AM	#25 (permalink)
Aris Junior Member Join Date: 05-27-06 Posts: 1 iTrader: 0 / 0% Latest Blog: None	Research results 1)Filtering commercial sites out of google can be nearly impossible for non-epxert users who don't use advanced syntax. Searches for reviews, information, opinions and info -about- products, information about holiday destinations, publicly traded companie etc etc the answer in the search market was given however by yahoo mindset (mindset.yahoo.com) which is still a beta, but doesn't quite work perfectly yet. Still does a much better job then google in finding genuine, non-commercial info. 2) Try searching for time sensitive information such as manchester v barcelona results, or vote results, etc etc. Even though google has the power to sort time sensitive data from it's massive database by traffic trends etc, they haven't still cracked the right balance between fresh content and link data in their results.. Some times you don't want to land on manchester united's site when you look for match results, you just want a site that does just that - results.. Given that users use search engines as their default launch pad to the internet, you'd expect SE to eventually get smart like that- and act intuitively (depending on keywords naturally) to realise if you're shopping, researching, looking for news ( fresh content ), comparing products, looking for porn images, local pizza houses or the phone number of your dentist. 3) Mobile search: Google mobile is one of their most dissapointing products in my experience. There is no such thing as geolocation, and to find movies in angel, or just the phone number of a cinema in Angel - London N1, you need to browse 10 minutes through endless junk before finding any cinema results. Mobile and local searches have a looong way to go before they are satisfactory. yellow pages or information call centres are still faster and cheaper to use.