As noted with the Home Depot example, key engagement options exist such as an "add to cart" action button, search for intent refinement or modification, other options to dig into additional information and links to similar products that other...
Yahoo has also made some enhancements to Search Assist, the well-received query-refinement technology launched in 2007. Yahoo is rolling out some changes to its search results pages, with a new three-column design that highlights Yahoo apps...
Yahoo Testing New Query Refinement Tools Yellow Pages and Search Citysearch to Acquire Insider Pages Business.com Acquired by Yellow Pages Publisher Blended and universal search, quality scores, social media, and personalized search results all...
Query Refinement by Edison The new version of Ask.com has been dubbed "Ask3D" for its 3-paneled search results which represent the three stages of each search: type a query, review results, and click through to content.
At the top of a result page, "topic links" were used as query refinement suggestions to help people to narrow a query. For example, you can create refinements that specify words to automatically add to any query, helping users narrow the focus of...
Of course, you can order the Search Tools toolbox in anyway you'd like—so it can be easily put at the top of the default view.We kept it next to the box on the results pages because we see more use there, as a refinement tool.Top Searches are...
The button is an RSS feed icon, that links to RSS results for that query refinement in Google Base. The several possible reasons include a robots.txt file blocking then, password protected pages, server down or slow and other reasons explained in...
Microsoft describes the use of block level analysis to improve mobile browsing, writes of allowing searchers to customize search results, presents a query refinement system which provides concepts for users to choose from, and offers a look at a...
Query refinement suggestions, such as alternative search terms with a list of sites received in response to that query, Can the use of previews also allow them to glean information about how users respond to the pages that are returned in a query?
Wants What We Had -- Better Query Refinement. Fair enough, but query refinement is important. Maybe I want to switch to mobile search, book search, catalog search or yes yes yes blog search with an easy click from the existing query I've done.
The same is true with one form or another of dynamic clustering and/or query refinement. Tabs and clusters shown for one query may not appear in results for another query. In other words, it can help get the searcher quickly and with little effort...
The same is true with one form or another of dynamic clustering and/or query refinement. In other words, it can help get the searcher quickly and with little effort to the best results for their query.
Yesterday, I wrote of how search engines could do a better job of query refinement and indeed did so in the past, especially because there was more human involvement in the search process. It's no wonder people today may not even realize there...
See also the follow-up article, More On Query Refinement, The Human Scale Problem & Creating The Search Dialog. In short, Robert wants better query refinement. Robert Scoble Wants What We Had -- Better Query Refinement.
I've seen various prototypes of query refinement tools from smaller players over the years, and query refinement at the major players isn't dead, of course. In short, Robert wants better query refinement.
More Testing Of Middle Of The Page Query Refinement At Google. Quick View: Provides access to frequently used web pages and files. Options include being able to search your desktop and Google's Gmail with the Google Deskbar, a floating deskbar, or...
Seekport UK Offers New Refinement Service; Announces Contest - Seekport's UK engine has released a new service that tries to identify homographs (words with the he exact same spelling but two different meanings) and then allow the searcher to...
The InternetNews.com story Yahoo Launches Precision Browsing discusses some new refinement/narrowing options at Yahoo Shopping for some (not all) products. Dogpile rolled out new "IntelliFind" technology today that focuses on gaining a deeper...
Hopefully PubSub will develop its query refinement tools to help avoid these kinds of false hits. In essence, PubSub combines the real-time benefits of feed aggregation with the retrospective query capabilities offered by web and blog search engines.
Having them available from any search form is a nice touch that should encourage more use of these refinement tools. I love the idea of giving searchers more control over results, and I like the idea of using sliders, but this particular feature...
