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Help Me Design a Topology of Search Concepts
Search is a wicked problem, with no apparent universal solution in sight. Different technologies and approaches to search exist side by side, serving a multitude of business goals and user needs. In my work with search user experience I find it important to understand the particular strengths and weaknesses of search concepts like Best... Read More »
“Gulltaggen” – The long neck and spreading ideas online
Gulltaggen claims “Norway’s premier event for digital marketing” (presentations by Seth Godin and Chris Anderson to mention a few) and it was held on the 28th and 29th of April. There’s also a steady stream of #gulltaggen tweets. We’ll give a quick recap on two talks: building successful websites through understanding what users want... Read More »
Topic Pages – Content re-use and news site usability (part 1)
Topics pages is a concept of combining site content with background information on a subject, seen on larger news sites like TimesOnline.co.uk and NYTimes.com, but equally important for other content driven sites like blogs or search portals like Kosmix. Focus could be on the people, the organizations involved, events in time, geographical regions or... Read More »
Does Everything Really Sound Like Coldplay?
If you have a feeling that all roads somehow lead to Radiohead, you’re not alone. Oscar Celma, my friend and former colleague at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, successfully defended his PhD thesis on music recommender systems the other day. The thesis, titled “Music Recommendation and Discovery In The Long Tail”, sheds new... Read More »
FASTforward’09 – Day 3: Which Path to The Future Will You Take?
“Engage your users” was indeed an important message being sent by Microsoft/FAST at this years conference, examples being drawn from sites like Twitter and Facebook. However, Microsoft’s software and road-map did not entirely reflect this message in the online space, leaving customers working out the path for their products or sites themselves. Improvements were... Read More »
FASTforward’09 – Day 2: Vertical Business Strategies
The day kicks off with announcements from Microsoft regarding the search product lineup. The products and licensing models will be simplified and separated into 3 flavors: stand-alone FAST Search for Internet, the heavily emphasized FAST Search for Sharepoint version, and the free version of Search Server Express which has over 100,000 downloads to this... Read More »
FASTforward’09: Pre-session Impressions
Microsoft FASTforward’09 started with a pre-session for the company’s European partners, gathering more than a 100 people a couple of hours before the official start of FAST’s yearly conference. It was a good opportunity for an interactive session with the FAST management team, and for listening to the stories of some of the European... Read More »
FASTforward’09 – Day 1: Get Social
FASTfoward’09 (on Twitter & official blog) kicked off in Las Vegas yesterday with a bang. Over 1000 bright heads were gathered in a football size like room within the never ending halls of the Mirage. This years flavour is “Engage your users” as we are looking at the big picture on search moving forward. ... Read More »
Watch Out – Intelligent Information Retrieval is Coming to a Business Near You!
The Norwegian National Collection Agency (NCA) chose to use a search engine as a central component of their information infrastructure. Per Waage (CEO) is expecting to collect more money through monthly down payments, having more information about people’s financial assets at his hands. Moving from an old mainframe architecture to the FAST Enterprise... Read More »
On-demand Cloud-based Enterprise Search
An interesting discussion is taking place in the Enterprise Search Engine Professionals group on LinkedIn. The question asked is this: Is on-demand cloud based enterprise search a good value proposition for the future (with the recession and companies aggressively cutting cost)?
I have played around in my head with the idea of cloud-based enterprise search... Read More »
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