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Finding Friends Via Search Query Analysis
prostoalex writes "How many times have you met an interesting person, who happened to check out the same book in the library, or listen to the same music as you do? Researchers from University of Chicago suggest that it would be kinda cool if you could find like-minded people by analyzing the queries submitted to a Web search engine. Their PDF paper explains the research in more detail."
Is that you?
Je t'aime Stéphanie
What, no I'm not a stalker...
What do you mean.... Hello?... Hello?
Get your own free personal location tracker
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If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten. -George Carlin
Direct marketers have been compiling this sort of information for years. From it they know that I'd like to increase various body parts, want a mortgage, need septic tank service, enjoy RC cars, and would like to meet other people and animals. Works flawlessly!
http://matchmaker.google.com/
Finding somebody just like me? Fuck No! I can't even stand one of me.
Table-ized A.I.
ANYTHING that can get ME a date is a GOOD thing. Google, I think you need to start this right now, don't wait a second. This could be the greatest thing since SLICED BREAD.
- Joe
I remember the days before the internet when people actually spoke to each other. I'm fairly sure that conversation is far more effective than analyzing search patterns and much faster too. Don't forget that the shortest distance between you and that person's bed is a straight so stop trying to hack their personality.
Of course, this is only a suggestion and nothing that I'd actually do myself; I'm more the stalker type.
I'm tired of bombing the universe
Oh that would turn out just great- you'd have people seeing anything related to girls, technology, Trek, or sex and people would be jumping "they're my soulmate!" probably only likely to find someone a little too much like them (male, lonely, looking for love in all the wrong places, looking for love in new search-based interfaces).
Now I know that I am not a pervert for constantly googling for lesbian pr0n, I'm a member of a community of friends. I feel so loved.
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
Sounds like computerized dating services to me. you would think they would have died out, but no, theyve only gotten more automated and flashier.
if computers could make babies, id just want a computer dating server. beautiful full tower looking for same cpu mate. contact mw at 10.2.2.2
-foxxz
Just search for the other person that's searching for people's searching habits.
I am not sure I'd want to meet the other people that are searching for "Horny coed sex slaves".
-josh
I doubt that even the combined resources of government and corporations could get many of us dates!
I can imagine one big group of male, aged 13 to 21, made friends by this system due to the common porn interest.
Hi Natalie Portman,
I realized by monitoring your searching habits that we have sooo much in common...i too am an only child. i too have been a vegetarian since the age of 8. i too became a vegetarian because i saw a demonstration of laser surgey on a chicken at a medical conference with my father. i too can speak fleuent Hebrew, French, and Japanese. i too have hobbies such as : Dancing, Reading, Writing, Acting, Ice-skating Can we please one day get together and watch Friends and Ellen together??
purty purty please??
- you are sofa king weed todd did
Right.
If we do it to get a date, it's good.
Right again.
Perhaps I'm missing something.
Nope, you've got it just fine!
The coolest voice ever.
Yet another money making opportunity for Google. :-)
Of course, I really don't want to meet the woman who's doing the same kind of searches I do... ewww.
I think the real question is why did "naked women fishing" bring up YOUR site
Friends would look for the same subject matter.
If you're looking for a date you should search for opposite subject matter.
Imagine typing:
"Hot 20yo blond chick"
and getting matched up with others looking for the same thing?
You'd want to type "geeky nerd with a slightly smelly pile in the back of his room". Bound to find a soulmate if someone matches up with that...
The only reason to track such information about a person is if you intend to screw that person.
If the government wants to screw you, its bad.
If an attractive member of the opposite sex wants to screw you, its good.
If an attractive member of the same sex wants to screw you, um... I leave that for you to decide.
END COMMUNICATION
If you go through your referrer logs to meet friends, you really should get out of the house more.
Yeah, but can you sleep with them? That seems to be more along the point of this article.
Lots of sites use the old Firefly technology or something similar to project what you might like by comparing you to other people who currently have similar tastes. Amazon.com actually allows you to rate products that they recommend if you already own them. This gives them even more information to try to guess stuff they could sell you.
The name will do fine, thank you...