Google社交搜尋,惹火了不少人。為什麼呢?因為搜尋結果會被你的社交所左右,也獨厚Google+的服務。這樣重大更新在今日引起了不少迴響,不難由TechCrunch的文章發現:
生氣的TechCrunch
Google To Twitter: Wait, Didn't *You* Break Up With Me?
"Search Plus Your World" Is Just About Google+, Not Your World
When I Search Your Name, I'm Not Looking For Your Google+ Profile
Twitter Really, Really Hates Google's New Google+ Integration
演算法的改變,對一般使用者有什麼影響呢?其實就是搜尋的「個人化」與「Google化」,這分別帶來的那些好壞,我們來看看。
搜尋個人化
顧名思義,就是每個人Google出來的結果會不相同;Google會依照你的偏好(包括Chrome的使用紀錄、Gmail的內部文字、Google +1等等資訊),來改變搜尋結果,這樣的出發點是認為,每個人想要的資訊是有所不相同的,像是朋友關注的事、平常你所關注的事會因人而有所不同。這樣的出發點是想要改善搜尋結果的適當性,但是,其實沒有人知道朋友關心的事、平常關心的事與這次要查詢的事情有沒有正面關係,這使的個人化搜尋出現盲點。
Google化
DNS SEO研究院解釋得很清楚,其實Google就是最了解Google演算法的人,Google+的搜尋結果跑到前面並不意外,只是這樣惹惱了一票依賴Google Search Engine的網路公司。另一方面,這其實也有球員兼裁判的味道;不過這對於一般使用者來說,可能是一點感覺都沒有的。
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補上Google的論述與其他部落客的分析
這場爭議,來自於各家社群公司都想要保留自己的用戶資料。因為這樣,各家公司選擇將資料封閉,使資料無法被Google搜尋引擎找到;這與現在LBS(LBS的意涵就如連結內的標題)的分割有著異曲同工的樣貌;過幾天,小狗會用「團購」的模式來為各位做分析。
Google的立場在TechCrunch的A Google+ Tempest In A Teacup中有著很好的分析,引用如下:
Google is a datavore. All it wants to do is collect data, organize it, and then deliver it to people, peppered with ads and the occasional sales commission. Viewed from this perspective, the new social search is simple — innocuous. The biggest crime Google has committed is giving it such a cumbrous name.爭議點的因素:
Though there is, no doubt, a problem. A search that is ostensibly social-focused should be pulling information primarily from Facebook and Twitter, right? I agree. Yet it doesn’t. And people’s accusing fingers jumped up to point at Google, though the problem isn’t Google’s. The service is incomplete — that’s inarguable. But there is no malevolence to its incompleteness, and I’m not convinced that it’s Google’s responsibility to make it complete. (Except for co-opting non-letter operators. That’s ridiculous, Google.)
Google的反斥:
Google Fires Back at Twitter: You Took Yourself Out of Search
“We are a bit surprised by Twitter’s comments, because they chose not to renew their agreement with us last summer,” read a post on Google’s Google+ page on Wednesday, which Google confirmed to Mashable was its official statement on the matter. “Since then we have observed their rel=nofollow instructions.”
MMDays 的整理
食之無味棄之可惜的Google+