Search Engine Learns From User Feedback

An anonymous reader writes "Ian Clarke, founder of the Freenet project, has set up a web search engine that allows users to rate each of the search results it returns. WhittleBit will use your feedback to determine which keywords should be added or removed from your search, then you can search again to get more accurate results. This could be useful for those cases where Google just refuses to return the search results you want. Could improved interactivity be the next big search engine advancement after Pagerank?"

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[nother_nix_hacker]

It was going well until we realised that all people wanted was pron so we just provide that now.

Yay!

[Anonymous Coward]

Now I can look up porn using synonyms! :D

how long until

[the_2nd_coming]

how long until google buys them out?

I give it 3 weeks after they begin getting rave reviews.

Re:Sounds Great...but

[jrkotrla]

hmm...

You're aren't required to do anything.... are barely allowed to do anything..... and this is perfect?

you must be a Mac user, right?

In other news...

[ikkonoishi]

Server declares "Nobody loves me" before crashing and taking down the search engine which allowed users to rank its results.

Experts believe this was due to repeated thumbs down given to its site within its own results.

Re:Pleasure and Pain

[commodoresloat]

Great idea! Just think of the applications of such technology to pr0n!!!

Re:No.

[mhesseltine]

Is this testing a concept? YES

Could something like this be implemented in Google? YES

Is this supposed to replace Google? NO

Are you a troll? YES

Thanks for playing.