02/02/2010

Anatomy of a Large-Scale Social Search Engine

So take a read, and let us know what you think…

Back in October, we wrote a research paper entitled “Anatomy of a Large-Scale Social Search Engine” and submitted it to WWW 2010. We found out last week that it has been accepted, so we’ve decided to share it with you today!

The paper describes the fundamental differences between the traditional “Library” paradigm of web search — in which answers are found in existing online content — and the new “Village” paradigm of social search — in which answers arise in conversation with the people in your network. We explain that in social search:

  • Users can ask questions in natural language, not keywords
  • Content is generated “on-demand”, tapping the huge amount of information in peoples’ heads
  • The system is fueled by the goodwill of its users
via blog.vark.com

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Feb 2, 2010 8:51:54 AM

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