http://www.altsearchengines.com/2007/11/03/is-searching-a-social-or-solitary-activity/ The most wonderful search engines you've never seen! Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:33:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.altsearchengines.com/2007/11/03/is-searching-a-social-or-solitary-activity/#comment-19177 Dave Liu dot com / musings from the edge » Articles of the Day Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:07:13 +0000 http://altsearchengines.com/2007/11/03/is-searching-a-social-or-solitary-activity/#comment-19177 [...] Social Search: Do We Really Need It? - Though Hakia has added a “Meet Others” feature, and many other search engines are touting “social” or community-based options, the idea that simple information queries need to be jazzed up or turned into a communal activity hasn’t been completely accepted yet. [...] [...] Social Search: Do We Really Need It? - Though Hakia has added a “Meet Others” feature, and many other search engines are touting “social” or community-based options, the idea that simple information queries need to be jazzed up or turned into a communal activity hasn’t been completely accepted yet. [...]

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]]> http://www.altsearchengines.com/2007/11/03/is-searching-a-social-or-solitary-activity/#comment-17320 Meet Singles » Blog Archive » Is Searching a Social or Solitary Activity? Sat, 03 Nov 2007 21:10:16 +0000 http://altsearchengines.com/2007/11/03/is-searching-a-social-or-solitary-activity/#comment-17320 [...] Alt Search Engines wrote an interesting post today on Is Searching a Social or Solitary Activity?Here’s a quick excerpt [IMG] “Who ARE these people?” This was my initial reaction when I heard about all of these sharing features being added to the process of searching.  Who is sending their queries out across the Internet, forming “groups” and “circles,” “crowds” and “communities?”  Who is stopping to vote on every web page they land on?  And who’s sharing their bookmarks and favorites, or, even more mysteriously, checking out other peoples’?  But to chat with other searchers, or IM them, poke, Skype or twitte [...] [...] Alt Search Engines wrote an interesting post today on Is Searching a Social or Solitary Activity?Here’s a quick excerpt [IMG] “Who ARE these people?” This was my initial reaction when I heard about all of these sharing features being added to the process of searching.  Who is sending their queries out across the Internet, forming “groups” and “circles,” “crowds” and “communities?”  Who is stopping to vote on every web page they land on?  And who’s sharing their bookmarks and favorites, or, even more mysteriously, checking out other peoples’?  But to chat with other searchers, or IM them, poke, Skype or twitte [...]

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