Comments on: Moving Google Beyond Search http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2006/05/19/moving-google-beyond-search/ UIE\'s latest insights on the world of design Wed, 7 Jan 2009 14:05:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ashley Gadd http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2006/05/19/moving-google-beyond-search/#comment-9471 Ashley Gadd Fri, 19 May 2006 15:38:32 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/?p=248#comment-9471 This data could be affected by users' home page settings. I set Google as my home page; that means I visit it every time I launch my browser regardless of whether or not I'm doing a search. Perhaps half of my visits to Google do not result in me using their service. Google is a likely target to be a popular home page. I wonder how that would skew the results. This data could be affected by users’ home page settings. I set Google as my home page; that means I visit it every time I launch my browser regardless of whether or not I’m doing a search. Perhaps half of my visits to Google do not result in me using their service.

Google is a likely target to be a popular home page. I wonder how that would skew the results.

]]> By: WebWord » Blog Archive » Usability Tidbits for Friday 19-May-2006 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2006/05/19/moving-google-beyond-search/#comment-9470 WebWord » Blog Archive » Usability Tidbits for Friday 19-May-2006 Fri, 19 May 2006 15:21:19 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/?p=248#comment-9470 [...] Jared Spool — “Google displays a Long Tail distribution” (Related: Google 2.0) [...] [...] Jared Spool — “Google displays a Long Tail distribution” (Related: Google 2.0) [...]

]]> By: Daniel Szuc http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2006/05/19/moving-google-beyond-search/#comment-9445 Daniel Szuc Fri, 19 May 2006 14:49:23 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/?p=248#comment-9445 I wonder what *data patterns* are emerging under the *google hood* to allow the smart folks at Google to create innovative mashups that people really need. For example, think of a service like *Google News* that is completely machine generated and serves up answers to key questions people have in a specific domain. How does Google find those key questions & domains? Apart from the wealth of data and user behaviours they have on hand ... My guess is field research and understanding user needs BEFORE technology and instead of serving up services that are already a dime a dozen on other sites. I wonder what *data patterns* are emerging under the *google hood* to allow the smart folks at Google to create innovative mashups that people really need.

For example, think of a service like *Google News* that is completely machine generated and serves up answers to key questions people have in a specific domain. How does Google find those key questions & domains?

Apart from the wealth of data and user behaviours they have on hand …

My guess is field research and understanding user needs BEFORE technology and instead of serving up services that are already a dime a dozen on other sites.

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