Google: Edit your search results

[Shasoosh]

Have you ever wanted to mark up Google search results? Maybe you're an avid hiker and the trail map site you always go to is in the 4th or 5th position and you want to move it to the top. Or perhaps it's not there at all and you'd like to add it. Or maybe you'd like to add some notes about what you found on that site and why you thought it was useful. Starting today you can do all this and tailor Google search results to best meet your needs.

Today we're launching SearchWiki, a way for you to customize search by re-ranking, deleting, adding, and commenting on search results. With just a single click you can move the results you like to the top or add a new site. You can also write notes attached to a particular site and remove results that you don't feel belong. These modifications will be shown to you every time you do the same search in the future. SearchWiki is available to signed-in Google users. We store your changes in your Google Account. If you are wondering if you are signed in, you can always check by noting if your username appears in the upper right-hand side of the page.

The changes you make only affect your own searches. But SearchWiki also is a great way to share your insights with other searchers. You can see how the community has collectively edited the search results by clicking on the "See all notes for this SearchWiki" link.

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[Bhav]

how do you activate this?

[mtrftw]

yeah, I don't see this either.

[magik]

This would be great for a more 'human' PageRank system. Although the possibilities for exploitation abound.

[Crazysah]

yeah, I don't see this either.

Neither do I.

[tagerd0g]

you need to be signed in with your google account

[mtrftw]

I am, but still don't have it.

[Echilon]

I noticed it this morning. I like the idea, I just hope they've tested it against abuse.

[markwolfe Veteran]

I noticed it this morning. I like the idea, I just hope they've tested it against abuse.

It would only be self-abuse.* Any adjusts are only for that logged-in user, so it doesn't affect search results for others, therefore not a target for spammers wanting to get their results pushed up in Google's results.

* _{not that there's anything wrong with that!}

[Bhav]

Yep it just appeared for me today

[aussiefloyd_fan]

I noticed it this morning. I like the idea, I just hope they've tested it against abuse.

like moving all the porn site up to the top when someone seacrhes for a bible?

[qdave]

had it for arround a week. might be good might be not so. we shall see.

[sundayx Veteran]

I sitll dont have this enabled, how do I do it? Is it being released by bays/servers?

[joeblogg]

i couldn't see it at first but then i logged in and then i could see it. you have to log on because what if your using a public computer? the will have different preferences than you so it is only available when you log on.