Comments on: Social Search, or Search Socially? http://alteregozi.com/2008/11/16/social-search-or-search-socially/ Did I really write this?? Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:36:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ofer Egozi http://alteregozi.com/2008/11/16/social-search-or-search-socially/#comment-227 Ofer Egozi Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:15:23 +0000 http://alteregozi.wordpress.com/?p=81#comment-227 Hi Ed - interesting retrospective question. As you may know, following our <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/08/delver-gets-acquired-by-sears-really/" rel="nofollow">acquisition</a>, we've moved on from generic search to search in the context of commerce. If I revisit the concepts you two raised in that paper, I think our current work indeed moves a lot closer to the entire social process of search and discovery, rather than just the social-graph-IR by itself. I've just shared a sneak peak with Brynn a week ago if you're interested... Hi Ed – interesting retrospective question. As you may know, following our acquisition, we’ve moved on from generic search to search in the context of commerce. If I revisit the concepts you two raised in that paper, I think our current work indeed moves a lot closer to the entire social process of search and discovery, rather than just the social-graph-IR by itself. I’ve just shared a sneak peak with Brynn a week ago if you’re interested…

]]> By: Ed H. Chi http://alteregozi.com/2008/11/16/social-search-or-search-socially/#comment-226 Ed H. Chi Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:06:28 +0000 http://alteregozi.wordpress.com/?p=81#comment-226 Ofer: Am wondering what you guys are thinking about in terms of social search after a year from this article... Ever in the Palo Alto area? Ofer: Am wondering what you guys are thinking about in terms of social search after a year from this article… Ever in the Palo Alto area?

]]> By: Moti Karmona http://alteregozi.com/2008/11/16/social-search-or-search-socially/#comment-49 Moti Karmona Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:59:51 +0000 http://alteregozi.wordpress.com/?p=81#comment-49 <a href="http://blog.karmona.com/index.php/2009/01/09/social-search-model/" rel="nofollow">ooops</a> ooops

]]> By: Ofer Egozi http://alteregozi.com/2008/11/16/social-search-or-search-socially/#comment-9 Ofer Egozi Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:32:39 +0000 http://alteregozi.wordpress.com/?p=81#comment-9 Thanks Brynn :-) I don't think it's really possible to find that consensus, as the term describes different aspects of the same concept, so you really should be looking for <a href="http://blog.delver.com/index.php/2008/07/31/taxonomy-of-social-search-approaches/" rel="nofollow">a taxonomy</a> rather than a consensus. But then, again, I was referring here to the search act itself, or even just a major component in it (ranking), so surely it's even more complex with the entire process. Hi Brian - I watched your presentation with great interest and commented there. Thanks! Thanks Brynn :-) I don’t think it’s really possible to find that consensus, as the term describes different aspects of the same concept, so you really should be looking for a taxonomy rather than a consensus. But then, again, I was referring here to the search act itself, or even just a major component in it (ranking), so surely it’s even more complex with the entire process.

Hi Brian – I watched your presentation with great interest and commented there. Thanks!

]]> By: Brian Kelly (UK Web Focus) http://alteregozi.com/2008/11/16/social-search-or-search-socially/#comment-8 Brian Kelly (UK Web Focus) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:04:24 +0000 http://alteregozi.wordpress.com/?p=81#comment-8 I recently wrote a blog post entitled "The Social Aspect Of Resource Discovery" which addressed this issue. The post contains an embedded Slideshare presentation - see http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/the-social-aspect-of-resource-discovery/ Brian Kelly, UKOLN I recently wrote a blog post entitled “The Social Aspect Of Resource Discovery” which addressed this issue. The post contains an embedded Slideshare presentation – see http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/the-social-aspect-of-resource-discovery/

Brian Kelly, UKOLN

]]> By: Brynn Evans http://alteregozi.com/2008/11/16/social-search-or-search-socially/#comment-7 Brynn Evans Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:56:27 +0000 http://alteregozi.wordpress.com/?p=81#comment-7 I like the title of your post, here! I still haven't found consensus in our collective notion of what "social search" is, although I tend to see it as exploiting a social network as an information resource (very similar to how Delver is intended to work!). Is <em>social searching</em> different from <em>social search</em>? They're certainly related. If social searching means finding a person to help you with a search task, then that helps the overall cause. But that model may be quite different from a search for information through an established social network. I like the title of your post, here!

I still haven’t found consensus in our collective notion of what “social search” is, although I tend to see it as exploiting a social network as an information resource (very similar to how Delver is intended to work!). Is social searching different from social search? They’re certainly related. If social searching means finding a person to help you with a search task, then that helps the overall cause. But that model may be quite different from a search for information through an established social network.

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