Webhamer Weblog: Search & ICT-related blogging

Want to let the images dance on a page… here’s how:

1. Go to a page with images (fot instance Google image search)
2. When you have the page in your browser paste the following code in the address bar:
   javascript:R=0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI= document.images; DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i<DIL; i++){DIS=DI[ i ].style; DIS.position=’absolute’; DIS.left=Math.sin(R*x1+i*x2+x3)*x4+x5; DIS.top=Math.cos(R*y1+i*y2+y3)*y4+y5}R++}setInterval(’A()’,5 ); void(0)
3. Let the images dance!!!!!

Microsoft is releasing the “SingleView” application that is developed with partners and build on top of Sharepoint. With its variaty of connectors to other systems and repositories it can serve as an “single entry enterprise search portal”.

“Search can be an entry point into more composite applications,” Spataro said. Enterprise search is also more complex because unlike general Web search, it isn’t just looking for keywords in a massive pile of data. The difference is that most enterprise searches are looking at the relationships among different—and disparate—pieces of data, such as the invoices and e-mail memos from a single customer or work product on a specific topic that are created in several applications.

This is much harder to do, said Bill Cave, strategic solutions manager for the Engenium search product line at Kroll Ontrack, a data recovery company based in Eden Prairie, Minn.

“You can try to search for all the colors of the rainbow but a better idea is to look for red, blue and indigo—with enterprise search, context is more important that being able to find a few keywords,” Cave said.

Article: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2157292,00.asp

IBM has registered a patent on an idea or technology that identifies gaps in your search engine repositiry based on queries by the users. The idea is simple but powerfull.

A method and system for the detection of missing content in a searchable repository is provided. A system includes: a missing content query identifier (401) for identifying queries to a search engine (102) for which no or little relevant content is returned; a missing content detector (110) which clusters missing content queries by topic; and an output provider for providing details of a missing content topic

Whenever results on a query are most irrelevent (acoording to there score or the fact that the user doesn’t click on any of the results presented) the query is typed as an “difficult query”. The fact that results are not relevant can indicate that there is an gap in the repository. This is very user centric because we assume that the user is asking the right questions.

We have to consider the fact that the user is putting in a query in a verticle search repository that shouldn’t contain info about the subject that user is asking about. Off course this problem should be tackled by clear communication about the goals and contents of the specific search repository.

As blogged by Bill Slawski: http://www.seobythesea.com/?p=452

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Google (and one of its employees) has apologized for something they sayed about the health sector in America.

On riehl world view this fact is discussed:

Google had better make up its mind as to whether it is a business enterprise, or the model for a nanny state. Between this and the whole China mess, for which they already apologized, they are beginning to look more and more like a political football being kicked hither and yon by the Left, as opposed to a serious business enterprise.

This kind of thing just illustrates the fact that consumers and governments see very large companies as part of there government. I blogged about that earlier in perspective of the critisism that Google and the likes will get just because they grow and grow and grow.

Business choices become political issues and they have to walk the thin line that’s just getting thinner until you fall…. and they always will.

Op Frankwatching heeft de afgelopen dagen een drieluik gewoed over televisie 2.0 etc. Hieronder een stukje commentaar en frustatie / onbegrip van mijzelf.

Even een punt dat mij zeer bezighoud in deze hele discussie en postings: Reclame!!!
Iedereen zeurt en klaagt over de reclame tussen en tijdens programma’s. Wat mooi dat we dat nu door kunnen spoelen met die electronische mogelijkheden… We gaan hierbij voorbij aan het feit dat programma’s mogelijk worden gemaakt door reclame. Waarom betalen we zo weinig voor al dat moois dat we kunnen bekijken? Reclame!!!!!
Vreemde beweging: Wij proberen de reclame te ontlopen terwijl dat nodig is om ons te geven wat we willen. De reclamemakers investeren in reclame terwijl wij proberen deze boodschappen te ontlopen…
We willen alles zonder daarbij te moeten “betalen”.
De nieuwe bedrijfsmodellen zijn gebaseerd op het maken van winst door het verkopen van reclame of het bieden van ruimte om reclame te kunnen maken. Dat is het bedrijfsmodel van Google (tot nu toe) en zeer veel andere bedrijven die een graantje willen meepikken van de web 2.0 social (maar altijd gratis) networking initiatieven.
Hoelang gaat dat nog goed… ZIJ willen reclame verkopen en WIJ willen die reclame ontlopen…