Google and Social, Human Search
"The USPTO published yesterday a patent awarded to Google that provides clues to Google's plans for social search, including details about how Google will use human editors to help facilitate algorithmic search.
The patent, system and method for supporting editorial opinion in the ranking of search results, describes processes whereby Google can better judge user search intent based upon whether the query matches a "theme" of queries on Google's servers."
Suppose that the nature of online social networks would definitely prompt such a move, in order to make sense of the growing volume of data - interesting to see where this is headed in the mid to long term. Read the original article here: Google Watch : New Google Patent Hints at Direction of Social Search
tags: google, social-search, editors, patent, USPTO, krishna-bharat, georges-harik, marissa-mayer
Posted 08/27/06 by hotelguru | Filed under: IT and Technology
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