ssr: "What's the phrase to describe when an algorithm doesn't take into effect it's own influence on an outcome?"
A social-search-request from Paula Goldman.
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Aggressively Imagining Funding Models for Generative Web Search
I argue that we should use this opportunistic to rethink what search could be.
I decided to start trying out ripgrep: `brew install ripgrep`; setup a .ripgreprc; use `rg`; started a ripgrep query pattern log...
A status post re trying out ripgrep.
ssr: "What is the equivalent of SEO, but for navigating the physical built environment?"
A social-search-request from Chenoe Hart.
"increase your searchability"
A note on non-digital searchability, search & rescue, and search engine optimization.
qChecker - a script to check for quotes in a source document
Towards minimizing harm from “hallucinations” and other baloney.
So does Google have an Official search API?
Can the Programmable Search Engine's Custom Search JSON API be said to be an official web search API?
"might be the biggest SEO development we've had in a long time"
Tweet from Lily Ray.
warnings in search results
Loose notes on Google's search result warnings for unreliable or rapidly evolving topics, with Vox and Verge reporting on the feature's 2021 rollout.
“Bard may display inaccurate or offensive information”
How might Google support users to calibrate trust within the tool itself?
data voids
Early draft covering data voids and research on how search engine reliance on source popularity can surface extreme-right content for migration-related queries in Germany and Sweden.
search directives
Early draft on search directives, exploring how posts suggest specific Google search terms to co-opt Google's perceived impartiality.
'Trending' in search
Draft covering trending searches via Google Trends, with research by Gillespie on algorithms becoming culture and critical perspectives on using Google Trends data.
Google's "Get the answer you're looking for added to the web"
Google sometimes displays a text books to
null results
Brief draft about null results (searches with no results) and their relation to data voids, with a link to how the site's search handles them.
autocomplete in web search
Comprehensive draft on Google autocomplete's benefits, harms (amplifying social bias, gaming), and warnings about misconceptions like autocompletions not representing most popular searches.
"the importance of open discussion of these new tools gave me pause"
An excerpt from Davey Alba's article, "Even Google Insiders Are Questioning Bard AI Chatbot’s Usefulness".
Mentioned in Bloomberg article by Davey Alba
My comments about the Bard Discord server were picked up by Davey Alba and she talked to me for an article in Bloomberg.
On heartfelt discursive uses of Google autocomplete
See [flights to israel] and [why does the us support israel]
"he hopes to see AI-powered search tools shake things up"
An excerpt from Will Knight's article, "Chatbot Hallucinations Are Poisoning Web Search".