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Google may let users comment on, rearrange search results

Submitted by Wayne Smallman

Aug 31, 2008

Summary

Google is considering allowing users of its search engine to tinker with query results by re-ranking them and commenting on them.

The company has already run public tests on its search-results pages that contain up and down arrows next to listed links, as well as buttons that allow users to append comments to results. Read the full article

Comments (2)

Billfishkin,

Sep 02, 2008

bringing back the human element...

Nigelwalsh,

Sep 02, 2008

have a look too at the experimental search in their labs - also very interesting with things like timelines, map view and others. See here: http://www.google.com/experimental/