Comments on: Is All Relevance “Googly” Relevance? Aka Google’s `Microsoft Moment’ http://irgupf.com/2009/07/13/will-all-relevance-be-googly-aka-googles-microsoft-moment/ Information Retrieval Research, Issues, and Discussion Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:26:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: jeremy http://irgupf.com/2009/07/13/will-all-relevance-be-googly-aka-googles-microsoft-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-3277 jeremy Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:46:43 +0000 http://irgupf.com/?p=756#comment-3277 Raza; I'm sure that they're not intentionally setting out to be "evil". But they are at high risk of creating a double standard when it comes to relevance. And I truly think that relevance is the new black. It's great that Google is open with respect to software and data. But in a way, that is fighting the previous generation's battle. The new generation's battle centers around user control of the type and nature of information that he or she gets to see. Aka relevance. And so if Google doesn't allow that sort of control, then there is a problem. Think about it this way: If Google has one definition of relevance that it uses for its organic results, and a different definition of relevance that it uses for its partners (i.e. its advertisers), how is that any different from the days when Microsoft had one set of Windows APIs for the average programmer, and a different (hidden) set of APIs for itself and its partners? If relevance is indeed the current generation's battlefield, then I see some strong similarities in these sorts of double standards. Raza; I’m sure that they’re not intentionally setting out to be “evil”. But they are at high risk of creating a double standard when it comes to relevance.

And I truly think that relevance is the new black. It’s great that Google is open with respect to software and data. But in a way, that is fighting the previous generation’s battle. The new generation’s battle centers around user control of the type and nature of information that he or she gets to see. Aka relevance. And so if Google doesn’t allow that sort of control, then there is a problem.

Think about it this way: If Google has one definition of relevance that it uses for its organic results, and a different definition of relevance that it uses for its partners (i.e. its advertisers), how is that any different from the days when Microsoft had one set of Windows APIs for the average programmer, and a different (hidden) set of APIs for itself and its partners? If relevance is indeed the current generation’s battlefield, then I see some strong similarities in these sorts of double standards.

]]> By: Raza http://irgupf.com/2009/07/13/will-all-relevance-be-googly-aka-googles-microsoft-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-3262 Raza Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:36:08 +0000 http://irgupf.com/?p=756#comment-3262 It is nice to see things from a different perspective. I didn't see the broader picture that you portrayed in your post. Relevance done using ONLY the 'Google' way = Google being Evil It is nice to see things from a different perspective. I didn’t see the broader picture that you portrayed in your post.

Relevance done using ONLY the ‘Google’ way = Google being Evil

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