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Google adds an amazingly cool feature

November 25th, 2008 Posted in The Internet

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ReadWriteWeb points out a cool new Google feature: Google Search Wiki.

The feature will allow logged-in users to change the order of search results and mark up search results pages with notes. Only their own results will be changed – unless they click a link to view all Search Wiki notes on a search’s page. Very few details are out yet, nothing regarding vandalism, libel, history, messiness, collaboration or other wiki matters. Those are pretty important concerns given that this could become the biggest and most important wiki in the world.

UPDATE: Google seems to be trying to decide whether they like this feature or not. More from Micro Persuasion.

(Video walkthrough from Google below)

This is a great feature for those of us using Google searches as a quasi-bookmark. It’s also going to be interesting to see if this feature helps improve general search result quality. Kudos to Google, this is a great new feature!


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  • Thanks for the reply.

    I saw you speak at BlogOrlando and wanted to thank you for the great story about your experiences at Lego. Who knew that the massive Lego imperial destroyer in my co-workers office had roots in social media?
  • On the surface, this feature seems completely useless. I'm hoping that Google has some sort of grand plan behind it.

    1. What is the purpose of adding your own result to a SERP? It can't be for simply bookmarking. There are a more efficient ways of doing this. The last thing I want to do to find a bookmark is to remember the keyword phrase I associated it with. What happens when you have hundreds of these? How do you keep it organized?

    2. The comments are cool, however, this implementation is pointless. From what I can tell, comments are not associated with a URL, but rather a result from a SERP for a specific keyword. If the point of this is social review, then comments should be tied to URLs. But it is not, so I'm left wondering, what's the point?

    3. What is the incentive for me to use this feature? I can't see how it would increase my productivity, organization, revenue, etc. From what I can tell, it's a feature that exists for features sake.
  • Wow, you point out some good stuff.... maybe my initial assessment was flawed. Time for another review, I think.
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