Official Google Blog: SearchWiki: make search your own (flag)
googleblog.blogspot.com — Have you ever wanted to mark up Google search results? Maybe you're an avid hiker and the trail map site you always go to is in the 4th or 5th position and you want to move it to the top. Or perhaps it's not there at all and you'd like to add it. Or maybe you'd like to add some notes about what ...
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Google Unveils SearchWiki, Customizable Search Results
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — ... the new feature to most users, the added functionality can be negatively shocking when dealing with such a critical part of people’s routine internet “workflows.” Perhaps a business owner can negatively comment on his competitor’s company (and search listing) resulting in lost sales and potential lawsuits. Also, many believe the far cries begging Google to increase people’s privacy options are not being heard or addressed with SearchWiki. As Google explains, “The changes you make only affect your own searches.” However, simply click on ...

Web browser makeovers and why S&P is bullish on Google
BloggingStocks — ... , an incentive program with prizes for those willing to sift the Web via its search engine Live Search? Or the fact that yesterday Google announced a new way for users of its search engine to customize their results, ranking and annotating them? ...

Google Tests New Search Customization Feature: SearchWiki
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — ... Google's just-announced SearchWiki, despite its name indicating a focus on collaborative capabilities or a lightweight Web editing tool, is essentially a collection of customization tools for the Google search engine. Features include the capability to comment on search results, view other user comments, rearrange the search results, delete results to prevent them from appearing in similar searches, and have desired-but-missing URLs appear when conducting similar searches. With the exception of added comments, none of your actions will be seen by others or affect their search ...

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Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Land talked with engineers working on Google's oddly pointless SearchWiki feature. The upshot? "Google knows best."   Copyright © 2008 TidBITS Publishing, Inc. TidBITS is copyright © 2008 TidBITS Publishing Inc. If you're reading this article on a ...
Google adds customization feature to Internet searchMacworld
Google is launching SearchWiki, a way for users to customize searches by re-ranking, deleting, and adding comments to results.