Comments on: Search engine ‘best bets’ http://www.steptwo.com.au/papers/cmb_bestbets/index.html Beyond The Idea Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:46:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Feature Request: Audience-Inspired Keywords | Content Here http://www.steptwo.com.au/papers/cmb_bestbets/index.html/comment-page-1#comment-3123 Feature Request: Audience-Inspired Keywords | Content Here Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:31:08 +0000 http://www.steptwo.com.au/?p=211#comment-3123 [...] of the audience, rather than the contributor. Another part of the inspiration comes from the “Best Bets” strategy where you train a search engine to recommend a certain set of assets when a [...] [...] of the audience, rather than the contributor. Another part of the inspiration comes from the “Best Bets” strategy where you train a search engine to recommend a certain set of assets when a [...]

]]> By: James Robertson http://www.steptwo.com.au/papers/cmb_bestbets/index.html/comment-page-1#comment-1435 James Robertson Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:04:59 +0000 http://www.steptwo.com.au/?p=211#comment-1435 @Stewart, while there seems to be little concrete usability testing on this, the growing consensus seems to be to display the best bets as the first few "organic" results. As you've pointed out, displaying the best bets separately can make users think they're ads. So go with your plan :-) @Stewart, while there seems to be little concrete usability testing on this, the growing consensus seems to be to display the best bets as the first few “organic” results. As you’ve pointed out, displaying the best bets separately can make users think they’re ads. So go with your plan :-)

]]> By: Stewart Walker http://www.steptwo.com.au/papers/cmb_bestbets/index.html/comment-page-1#comment-1433 Stewart Walker Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:41:56 +0000 http://www.steptwo.com.au/?p=211#comment-1433 Hi James. Definitely agree on the value of best bets. What are your thoughts on whether they should be integrated as the first X 'organic' search results or shown separately as in your CSIRO example? In another article I just read (http://www.iaplay.com/2009/07/27/best-bets-functionality-for-search-systems/), it's mentioned that in usability testing sometimes users have ignored best bets presented separately as they looked too much like ads. The other issue is that I wonder is separating the best bets adds cognitive load? When they're separate, the user has to decide between area A and area B of the page, rather than just starting at the top of the single list of results and working down. Cheers Stewart Hi James.

Definitely agree on the value of best bets.

What are your thoughts on whether they should be integrated as the first X ‘organic’ search results or shown separately as in your CSIRO example?

In another article I just read (http://www.iaplay.com/2009/07/27/best-bets-functionality-for-search-systems/), it’s mentioned that in usability testing sometimes users have ignored best bets presented separately as they looked too much like ads.

The other issue is that I wonder is separating the best bets adds cognitive load? When they’re separate, the user has to decide between area A and area B of the page, rather than just starting at the top of the single list of results and working down.

Cheers

Stewart

]]> By: Good search is knowledge management @ aryommsi http://www.steptwo.com.au/papers/cmb_bestbets/index.html/comment-page-1#comment-1236 Good search is knowledge management @ aryommsi Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:32:02 +0000 http://www.steptwo.com.au/?p=211#comment-1236 [...] recently published article Search engine ‘best bets’ discussed the value of implementing a hand- created list of key pages (and documents) for common [...] [...] recently published article Search engine ‘best bets’ discussed the value of implementing a hand- created list of key pages (and documents) for common [...]

]]> By: ia play :: “Best Bets” functionality for search systems http://www.steptwo.com.au/papers/cmb_bestbets/index.html/comment-page-1#comment-1027 ia play :: “Best Bets” functionality for search systems Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:05:00 +0000 http://www.steptwo.com.au/?p=211#comment-1027 [...] As James Robertson says “No amount of tweaking of metadata or search configuration will… ensure that the most relevant results always appear at the beginning of the list.” http://www.steptwo.com.au/papers/cmb_bestbets [...] [...] As James Robertson says “No amount of tweaking of metadata or search configuration will… ensure that the most relevant results always appear at the beginning of the list.” http://www.steptwo.com.au/papers/cmb_bestbets [...]

]]> By: KimberlySilk.com - KMWorld 2008: What Have We Done Before? http://www.steptwo.com.au/papers/cmb_bestbets/index.html/comment-page-1#comment-250 KimberlySilk.com - KMWorld 2008: What Have We Done Before? Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:17:47 +0000 http://www.steptwo.com.au/?p=211#comment-250 [...] Search Engine best bets: www.steptwo.com.au/papers/cmb_bestbets [...] [...] Search Engine best bets: http://www.steptwo.com.au/papers/cmb_bestbets [...]

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