tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post2589517342679386958..comments2024-03-27T19:58:17.387-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: Google VS Experts VS readers VS BingLance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-70793396222588342532010-04-26T17:37:29.382-05:002010-04-26T17:37:29.382-05:00What a coincidence, I just posted on my blog on &q...What a coincidence, I just posted on my blog on "How to improve search". In it I casually mentioned that one approach is to use what I call crowd searching. One allows subscribers to amend one's search terms based on feedback, thereby gaining expert search for free, and guidance to more direct sources: http://josefbetancourt.wordpress.com/2010/01/21/how-to-improve-web-search/<br /><br />I haven't looked at Ardvark.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-86579449518574476382010-04-26T14:23:22.228-05:002010-04-26T14:23:22.228-05:00Search engines may not ever be that good since as ...Search engines may not ever be that good since as commercial products their goal is to make 90+% of the money with the least effort possible. If you're asking direct, college level questions, you're outside the 90+%.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-53024726803966377042010-04-26T12:56:11.253-05:002010-04-26T12:56:11.253-05:00Just a link regarding situation (or the descriptio...Just a <a href="http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html" rel="nofollow">link</a> regarding situation (or the description of) number 2.Janomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08125807104571129259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-77102769956675218682010-04-26T10:58:21.543-05:002010-04-26T10:58:21.543-05:00And yet another option is to use a system like Aar...And yet another option is to use a system like Aardvark, which, based on the terms in your query, searches for an expert who might be able to answer your question.Wim van Damhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14484831637730978511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-46569131332918619282010-04-26T10:32:23.771-05:002010-04-26T10:32:23.771-05:00There are experts in my family on our history goin...There are experts in my family on our history going back centuries, yet occasionally I find things on the web that people either never knew or had forgotten.<br /><br />I use Google in order not to bother an expert. An expert blogging and asking for help is another matter, but I'm glad to see experts opening up.Geoff Knauthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12025560607512616605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-7476887836036385612010-04-26T10:30:28.701-05:002010-04-26T10:30:28.701-05:00Try Comparing Google and Bing on this query: p np...Try Comparing Google and Bing on this query: p npAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-44105515835380738432010-04-26T07:21:49.017-05:002010-04-26T07:21:49.017-05:00Part of the problem with your search for a palindr...Part of the problem with your search for a palindrome was your unusual choice of word (and spelling), namely "pangramic".<br /><br />The usual adjectival form of "pangram" is "pangrammatic" (this is the only form given in the OED, for example) and had you searched under that form, you'd have found the <a href="http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/332847.html" rel="nofollow">Google answers</a> page on your question.<br /><br />And even if you prefer the simpler form of the adjective, the expected way to spell it in English would be "pangrammic"—and had you used <em>this</em> spelling, Google would have asked you, "Did you mean: pangrammatic".<br /><br />So I think the answer in this particular case is that search engines could do better at handling alternative and unusual spellings.Gareth Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405124248006286547noreply@blogger.com