SearchWiki

Google launched SearchWiki on November 20th 2008. SearchWiki allows a logged in Google user to customize his web search results. It provides the following features -
1. Add a new result
2. Promote an existing result
3. Rearrange new and promoted results
4. Delete a result
5. Make a comment on the result
6. View other people's changes
7. View all your changes

Every time the user does the search, he will see his custom tailored search results as long as he his logged in.
Here is the official video -

YouTube Video


Press announcement | Official documentation | SearchWiki experiment with sound

Here is an un-official SearchWiki guide for dummies. Until I write my own, that link should be sufficient!!!

Tips and Tricks from people who use SearchWiki

A few things people have been asking about in the blogosphere and on user groups. Please add your own by editing this knol! Thanks.

If I delete a result for one search, will it be deleted for all searches?

No, deletions are specific to a particular search term, they don't affect other searches.

If I change my nickname will it affect how my name appears in gmail?

No, your Google nickname is different from the display name gmail uses. Your nickname can be changed by clicking on "My Account" on any Google page.

SearchWiki with sound effect

You can choose to add some whoomp to your deletions, with Sergey's dubbing of the kaboom effect. Check out the experimental search page for this and other search experiments.

I don't understand where my nickname will be shown

Your nickname may be shown next to public comments you make if they are displayed. Your nickname will not be associated with web pages you delete or promote to the top.

Selection of interesting public SearchWiki notes pages:

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Hemanshu Desai

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After unsuccessfully searching for a central page from Google for Searchwiki, which it seems doesn't exist, I decided to search Knol for it and found this. I guess then this is the only page that tells people about Searchwiki and therefore should probably be the top result in Google for the search.

I had a suggestion for Searchwiki and found no place to give it. If any Googler working on Searchwiki comes across this comment, please contact me for the same.

Last edited Mar 6, 2009 1:01 AM
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