Comments on: So When Does Google Run Out of Ideas?

By: David Worthington

David Worthington — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:21:11 +0000

There is a potential for mischief… down rating competitor’s search results, or uprating unfavorable ones. I wonder how Google will address that.

By: Pbass Wil

Pbass Wil — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:02:03 +0000

I think time will tell if any more great ideas will emerge. But the way Google is structured, all manner of ideas will bubble up from the individual employees — that’s just where they come from. It’s a very democratic system.

In a democracy, your lunatic fringe neighbour’s vote counts for just as much as your informed, thoughtful vote does. Any Googler’s idea can percolate up from the ranks and get presented to the general public. The general public will ultimately decide what’s useful to them and what’s not. The nutbar stuff will peak quickly and then disappear from view. The stuff that lots of folks like will endure and evolve and get refined.

So don’t worry! Google offers a bazillion different services and devices; use what you like. More will appear; use what you like out of those emerging ones, too! The vast majority will be free. Some will change your life. Some will make you smile for a second or two. Some won’t interest you in the least. But the evolutionary process of Google’s products is cool.

By: taglag

taglag — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:16:58 +0000

I am recieving the google feature where i am located (mid west usa) but im not sure if all googlers are able to see the google searchwiki yet. If not there is a video and some screen shots of the searchwiki at http://www.thesearchwiki.com do you guys think this will become a regular feature? do you think it will effect the google search results drastically from now on?

By: Sean Canton

Sean Canton — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:57:09 +0000

Indeed! Wouldn’t it be great if the entire google index was a community driven affair, instead of handed off to some algorithm somewhere? Then relevance could be determined by people, directly. Not via the intermediary of brilliant engineers.

Great blog btw, I love tuning in.