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Aeiwi don't refuse to release
the exact criteria that determines the results ranking.

It is all on the submit page

Aeiwi don't refuse to release
the exact criteria that determines the results ranking.

It is all on the submit page

The problem is that I have a search engine.
AEIWI

Which I am considering to release as open software.

But I have the same problem with the GPL.
It only tells people to release source code for
changes if they distributate the binaries.

So, they can take my code make some of changes,
run there web service without giving back the changes
to the community.

This will give them a edge compared to me,
therefore I hesitate to take the GPL step.

I was recently a conference called Linux@work in Copenhagen (Denmark).

There I talk with Thimothy E. Ney
from the free software foundation about it.

He told me that he would have to talk
with mr. Stallman about it.

I haven't hear from him since and I have been busy too.

Maybe a way to solve this is,
that you should make the source available
not if you make the binary available
but if you make the functionality aveilable.

Knud

Try to check out my search engine AEIWI
It lets you filter the search result,
a type of automatic directory.

I have noticed some small problems with the moderation system.
They might be connected.

1) Good messages not posted fast after the news are not moderated up.

2) Points used on 5 points messages don't add to the story points
but decrees your moderation points.
This mean lesser points for messages in 1)

3) There is no way to view unmoderated messages
when you moderate.


I think that a solution to 2 and 3 will help on 1.

Knud

Aeiwi is a search tool with a unique interface.
Which let users add more search terms,
until they have a small number of results.

I think there is a way to code around the lake of documentation
for GNU/Linux.

Something like the open directory.

A website where it were possible assign as editor on a open document.

Then on every document it should be possible for the visitors to
leave comments and suggestions which the editor use to update the document.

All the documents should then ordered in a directory like Yahoo or Aeiwi
so they are easy to navigate and browse.

So, if you like to code, what about coding this ??

The search by reduction, sound similar to the concept
Aeiwi is based on.

Aeiwi have a unique interface that allows users to add more search
terms until they have a manageable number of results.

Knud

This is not true.

Google don't build on Kleinberg's HITS technique.

Let me try to explain.

Google start with assign every page p a rank r[p].
Then assign a weight to every link w[p][q] form page p to page q.

something like this

w[p][q]=k+r[p]/(#link on p);

then recompute the rank like
r[p]=sum(w[s][p],s={every page with links to p})

repeat to convergence.

This is how google works as far as I can remember.
I read the paper before they was remove form Stanford's server.


While Kleinberg HITS algorithm goes like this.

It assign a authority a[p] and hub h[p] rank to each page.
start by make a guess for the authority ranking.
and the calculate h[p]

h[p]=sum(a[s],s={every page p have links to});

the recalculate a[p]

a[p]=sum(h[s],s={every page which have links to page p});

repeat to convergence.

I think it is easier to spam HITS than google becourse it use the hub structure.

I am currently working with a modification to HITS that will solve the problem(I think).

By the way check out my own search engine at Aeiwi
It is not a ranking engine as Google and HITS, but a automatic generated
directory.

Hi all.

I think google is a great search engine.

But as always what search engine to use depend on what
you are looking for.

Use it, if you are looking for the best page on a specific subject.

Google ranks page by links pointing to them.
Where link form high ranking pages weights more.

This means that link from yahoo have more weight.

While this wasn't a problem with the Stanford version,
it sometime seams to be a problem now.

Another thing is that you used to be able to make searches
like
link:www.lycos.com link:www.infoseek.com
to find all the pages which have links to both
lycos and infoseek.
This was very useful, but it has been removed. :-(

When searching with yahoo you get
your results categoriesed.
This means that if you feels like
dancing and search for samba you can find some dance sites.

But yahoos weak points is small size
and sometimes bad categories.

That is yahoo don't have a category for blue cheese and
sometime categories have to many links.

This is this type of problems I try to
solve in Aeiwi.
It is not that big only 150000 links
but I hope to update it to 250000 links soon.

So, stop by and take a look.

Knud