A sneak preview at upcoming -social media- Google
Techcrunch - Is this the future of search?
The linked video above shows a user interface being bucket tested by Google to select (probably randomly determined) users. This video recorded by Adrian Pike, the CTO of startup Tatango shows the full Google search experience with a very Digg-like interface. Users vote search results up or down - a down vote makes it disappear with a “poof,” an up vote moves the result to the first page.
Google is also testing comments, with linked user names, and others can vote those comments up and down. In effect, this bucket test shows a Google that combines their search algorithm with every important feature of Digg. It’s something they’ve been working on for nearly a year in various iterations, but this is the first time we’ve seen user comments, and the video shows details that you just can’t experience via screen shots.
written on 17/07/08 01:57 PM