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Google Conducts Trial on User-Voted Search Results

Posted by Zonk on from the wisdom-of-the-what-now dept.

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.

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  1. Useful by DanielG42 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I know that this is something I'd use. Props to Google for trying to make the user experience a bit better.

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    Daniel
  2. END MODERATOR ABUSE by Taco+Meat · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I have again been the victim of moderator abuse http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=366293&cid=21424075 MOD me up to correct this injustice.

    Too many moderators use Insightful as "I agree". Too many moderators fall for unoriginal groupthink and mod it up. People complain about trolls, but the REAL line noise on slashdot comes from the posts modded +4 or +5 that contribute NOTHING to an intelligent discussion. You can't filter that out, and even if you have your thresholds set high, you still see all the stupid stuff that you've already seen. That's why digg sucks and will never be anything but a place for 1338 high-skool haxx0rs. And it's happening here. So I used this account to call shenanigans on sucky posts. I getted modded into oblivion for pointing out truth. I guess that's how it goes. Most of you are a bunch of mindless sheeple.

    One way to fix this: I think Slashdot should give IQ tests to all would-be moderators. That would ensure most of the ramshackle pseudo-intellectuals who get mod points would be replaced by people who can actually read the moderator guidelines and adhere to them.

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    It's not narcissicism if it's true!
  3. Problems with SEO's and trolls... by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    if SEO's are allowed to thumb up down their competitors' websites, we're in trouble. Now a feature i'd love to see, is a "This is spam" button for search results. But then again, who's modding the mods?

    And perhaps this is the very reason why it may never see the public light.