Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Domains

Domain: searchspell.com

Stories and comments across the archive that link to searchspell.com.

Comments · 6

  1. Re:Search Engines... by Anonymous+Squonk · · Score: 2 · on Top Ten Web-Design Mistakes of 2002
    Inflexible Search Engines Overly literal search engines reduce usability in that they're unable to handle typos, plurals, hyphens, and other variants of the query terms. Such search engines are particularly difficult for elderly users, but they hurt everybody. A related problem is when search engines prioritize results purely on the basis of how many query terms they contain, rather than on each document's importance. Much better if your search engine calls out "best bets" at the top of the list -- especially for important queries, such as the names of your products.
    Searchspell has two novel approaches to fixing the typo problem:
    • Fix typos before sending users to the search engines.
    • Take over all of the typos in the search engines with your site.
  2. Re:Search Engines... by Anonymous+Squonk · · Score: 2 · on Top Ten Web-Design Mistakes of 2002
    Inflexible Search Engines Overly literal search engines reduce usability in that they're unable to handle typos, plurals, hyphens, and other variants of the query terms. Such search engines are particularly difficult for elderly users, but they hurt everybody. A related problem is when search engines prioritize results purely on the basis of how many query terms they contain, rather than on each document's importance. Much better if your search engine calls out "best bets" at the top of the list -- especially for important queries, such as the names of your products.
    Searchspell has two novel approaches to fixing the typo problem:
    • Fix typos before sending users to the search engines.
    • Take over all of the typos in the search engines with your site.
  3. Re:My new resume by Anonymous+Squonk · · Score: 1 · on How To Get Hired As An Open Source Developer

    Don't forget to optimize for typos:
    http://www.searchspell.com/pages.html

  4. Real Robot Wars by Anonymous+Squonk · · Score: 1 · on Robot Wars Coming Stateside
    Would those end up like the battles that Robotman had last month?

    Don't click here

  5. This is a simple hack by Anonymous+Squonk · · Score: 1 · on Digital Doodling

    I created a doodle add on for my laptop in about 10 minutes!

  6. A slippery slope by Anonymous+Squonk · · Score: 1 · on URLs Aren't Property?
    If a URL is not a "property", then what is it? A service? If so, it is still something that can be bought and sold, so what's the big deal?

    searchspell.com