August 18, 2005

Yahoo! vs Google, and adjustable filters

Apparently I'm not the only one questioning the methodology of the whole Yahoo! vs. Google thing. I can't help it, it's the scientist in me, but I was pretty sure that it wouldn't escape too many other people. In fact, Jeremy Zawodny has pointed me to an examination of the experiment in which some of what I've said is verified. (Hi, Jeremy! :)) And actually, more verified than even I suspected. Apparently some of the chaff isn't just content that's not relevant, it's search engine spam.

So what I'm thinking is, how do you find the right balance between finding everything and finding too much. Maybe it should be up to the beholder. I mean, I don't mind wading through crap to find that one gem, but my wife does. But then, when I was a baby the pediatrician said I wasn't sleeping because I didn't want to miss anything. That's just my personality.

So maybe what we need is the ability to adjust the strength of the filter. Then everybody could be happy.

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