Google Conducts Trial on User-Voted Search Results

Grim Reaping writes "A feature in testing at Google Labs allows users to not only prioritize their favorite results, but also move, ignore, and add search results to personalized records of their preferences. The experiment features a simple 'thumbs up' and 'thumbs down' option for each search result; users can also suggest a URL that might be more relevant to their query. 'Other Google users will not be affected by the individual tweaking: instead it will be stored along with the users' own personal information for the next time they search for this word or phrase, so users are required to log in to avail of it.'" The company is also clear on the experiment's page: this feature may never see full release on the site.

Comments

MOD LINK UP

[noidentity]

Obligatory.

What about personalized filtering?

[pseudorand]

What I really want is a personalized filter for all my Google searches. Maybe there is already a way to do this, but I want -site:expertsexchange.com as an argument to every search I do. I don't have an account with them, so I hate it when they appear in search results. And more importantly, I'm only interested in armature sex changes, so I simply never want to see search results from that site.

Re:Useful

[jackpot777]

This at least will get rid of E x p e r t s E x c h a n g e

...and there I was, thinking it was E x p e r t S e x C h a n g e.

I'll get my coat...