Comments on: del.icio.us is social search http://yanpritzker.com/2008/04/18/delicious-is-social-search/ photographer, entrepreneur, software engineer, musician, skier Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:01:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: trafik işaretleri http://yanpritzker.com/2008/04/18/delicious-is-social-search/comment-page-1/#comment-21537 trafik işaretleri Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:10:55 +0000 http://skwpspace.com/2008/04/18/delicious-is-social-search/#comment-21537 I cannot understand why I should use del.icio.us or something similar. I have my Firefox bookmarks - that’s enough for me I cannot understand why I should use del.icio.us or something similar. I have my Firefox bookmarks – that’s enough for me

]]> By: items for 07.09.2008 « Tzetze Fly http://yanpritzker.com/2008/04/18/delicious-is-social-search/comment-page-1/#comment-12357 items for 07.09.2008 « Tzetze Fly Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:20:41 +0000 http://skwpspace.com/2008/04/18/delicious-is-social-search/#comment-12357 [...] del.icio.us is social search – skwpspace I find myself more often turning to tag search on del.icio.us when I’m looking for ‘best of’ type searches. (tags: delicious) [...] [...] del.icio.us is social search – skwpspace I find myself more often turning to tag search on del.icio.us when I’m looking for ‘best of’ type searches. (tags: delicious) [...]

]]> By: Neil http://yanpritzker.com/2008/04/18/delicious-is-social-search/comment-page-1/#comment-11381 Neil Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:09:53 +0000 http://skwpspace.com/2008/04/18/delicious-is-social-search/#comment-11381 I'm not so sure about tagging or the act of explicitly making a request to save a link - it all feels like turning yourself in to a human googbot. I used to tag everything in delicous, but then I realised how little I used to go back to my saved links. And even if I did need to go back, I'd usually remember enough about the link to be able to track in down through Google. Email made communication quicker and/or more convenient to handle, but tagging definitely makes browsing slower. But I do think you're right about social search catching on - it'll just be far more streamlined than having to crank out a Firefox plugin, type a few keywords (which are probably already included in the link's document body anyway), and then wait for the remote server to accept your request to save a link. It needs to live in the background and be automated by the attention you give to a link, be cursor movements, ajax requests, page refreshes, etc. I’m not so sure about tagging or the act of explicitly making a request to save a link – it all feels like turning yourself in to a human googbot. I used to tag everything in delicous, but then I realised how little I used to go back to my saved links. And even if I did need to go back, I’d usually remember enough about the link to be able to track in down through Google.

Email made communication quicker and/or more convenient to handle, but tagging definitely makes browsing slower. But I do think you’re right about social search catching on – it’ll just be far more streamlined than having to crank out a Firefox plugin, type a few keywords (which are probably already included in the link’s document body anyway), and then wait for the remote server to accept your request to save a link. It needs to live in the background and be automated by the attention you give to a link, be cursor movements, ajax requests, page refreshes, etc.

]]> By: Yan http://yanpritzker.com/2008/04/18/delicious-is-social-search/comment-page-1/#comment-11357 Yan Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:06:40 +0000 http://skwpspace.com/2008/04/18/delicious-is-social-search/#comment-11357 Yes this is true, but what is for web geeks today will be mainstream tomorrow. Twenty years ago email was used only by researchers. Fifteen years ago, the web was only for nerds and academics. I don't think it's a stretch to say that ten years from now social search, tagging, and so on will be a prominent if not ubiquitous behavior for mainstream users. Yahoo and others can help speed this along by improving the visibility of these products (del.icio.us) so that the mainstream user can have access to them. Built in access in-browser would help too (imagine if local bookmarks were done away with completely, replaced with del.icio.us backed storage with a local cache for offline use). Yes this is true, but what is for web geeks today will be mainstream tomorrow. Twenty years ago email was used only by researchers. Fifteen years ago, the web was only for nerds and academics. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that ten years from now social search, tagging, and so on will be a prominent if not ubiquitous behavior for mainstream users. Yahoo and others can help speed this along by improving the visibility of these products (del.icio.us) so that the mainstream user can have access to them. Built in access in-browser would help too (imagine if local bookmarks were done away with completely, replaced with del.icio.us backed storage with a local cache for offline use).

]]> By: Neil http://yanpritzker.com/2008/04/18/delicious-is-social-search/comment-page-1/#comment-11356 Neil Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:43:40 +0000 http://skwpspace.com/2008/04/18/delicious-is-social-search/#comment-11356 Great suggestion. It's a shame that the act of tagging & saving links is really only exclusive to those of us working in Web technology. On delicious, mainstream Web users just won't find the same level of coverage for their favorite topics. For example, I wouldn't tell my family member in logistics & manufacturing executive-search to go to delicious for relevant links. I, however, will continue to go to delicious for top links to 'free icons' etc. But maybe integration with a top search engine would help? And who else other than Yahoo!? Great suggestion. It’s a shame that the act of tagging & saving links is really only exclusive to those of us working in Web technology. On delicious, mainstream Web users just won’t find the same level of coverage for their favorite topics. For example, I wouldn’t tell my family member in logistics & manufacturing executive-search to go to delicious for relevant links. I, however, will continue to go to delicious for top links to ‘free icons’ etc. But maybe integration with a top search engine would help? And who else other than Yahoo!?

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