#search
Two weeks ago, we started opening up access to SGE. Since then, we’ve made a number of quality updates, including a major improvement that reduces the time it takes to generate AI snapshots by half! We hope everyone testing it out enjoys the speedier experience. If you haven’t yet signed up, check it out at: labs.google.com/search
#Google #Search #SGE
@davidonformosa
Has @MoNDefense@bird.makeup disappeared from #Mastodon? I don't see them in my Follows list or in a Mastodon #search. 🤷🏽♂️
EDIT: @iingwen@bird.makeup and @mofataiwan@bird.makeup also seem to have disappeared. 🤦🏽♂️
#TheDataExchangePod 📻 Amin Ahmad of Vectara explains how neural networks and custom foundation models are changing the landscape of search and information retrieval. By equipping us with state-of-the-art features, LLMs are revolutionizing the process of crafting conversational experiences
#llm #nlproc #searchengine #search #generativeai #llms #vectordatabase #machinelearning #datascience
🔗 https://thedataexchange.media/llms-are-the-key-to-unlocking-the-next-generation-of-search/
💡 Come ho detto in diverse occasioni, non ha alcun senso aspettare la generazione di #SGE, ed in generale di motori conversazionali basati su #LLM, se la risposta può essere ottenuta con un risultato tradizionale (veloce e prezioso).
🧠 Ricerche di questo tipo hanno senso quando il risultato distilla contenuti elaborati da diverse fonti, risparmiando query per sessioni di un certo tipo.
#AI #IntelligenzaArtificiale #SEO #Google #Search
https://www.theverge.com/23746083/google-ai-search-generative-experience-slow
It's spreading, fast. Just in the last two months I've seen search result quality absolutely plummet. Tons of top results seem to be LLM-generated garbage content vaguely related to the subject you're trying to find info on.
Search was pretty bad 6 months ago. I can't imagine how utterly useless it will be 6 months from now.
Too bad Google's spending all their time implementing generative "AI", rather than improving search results... ?
#Firefox 114 released with new #features including #bookmarks #search, a revamped #DNS over #HTTPS feature, and #browser #history enhancements. Update as soon as possible. https://www.techhelpkb.com/update-firefox/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=toot&utm_campaign=firefox
I've just changed my search engine to #LibreX, after #SearXNG started refusing to give me any results. Just out of interest, what do y'all use?
#searchengine #search #searx #searxng #metager #yacy #librex #DuckDuckGo #startpage #whoogle #mojeek #qwant #bravebrowser #ecosia #google #bing #yandex #yahoo #askjeeves
I've just changed my search engine to #LibreX, after #SearXNG started refusing to give me any results. Just out of interest, what do y'all use?
#searchengine #search #searx #searxng #metager #yacy #DuckDuckGo #startpage #whoogle #mojeek #qwant #bravebrowser #ecosia #google #bing #yandex #yahoo #askjeeves
Today's search of the day is:
"has:link wwdc blog" - This tells advanced search to search for posts that contain a link and the words "wwdc blog". This is great if you're interested in the awesome stuff apple announced but want to read perspectives of tech writers and bloggers across the world.
And there are lots of them!
You can find our custom operators on our search reference page: https://universeodon.com/search-reference
On the AI content front -> CNET is overhauling its AI policy and updating past stories
"The policy promises that no stories will be entirely produced by an AI tool and hands-on reviews and testing of products will be done by humans. The AI can produce and organize emails, articles, social media posts, and other content from the brief."
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/6/23750761/cnet-ai-generated-stories-policy-update
"Semantic #search", going from literal (token-based) matches to getting closer to the meaning of your text, picture,... at #JNation
https://xeraa.net/talks/elasticsearch-vector-hybrid-search/
PS: Yes, it also mentions #ChatGPT 😉
Today's Mastodon Search of the day "3d printing" - hop on over to universeodon.com and type "3d printing" into the search box and find profiles and discussions from 3d printing enthusiasts across the fediverse.
There are lots of awesome projects being worked on, STLs being shared, and topics being discussed.
I just opted-in for Mastodon full text search at http://tootfinder.ch
Opt-in search seems like a great idea for Mastodon? Is there something I haven’t considered?
"While the popular history of the internet valorises Silicon Valley coders…many of the original concepts for #search emerged from #library scientists focused on the accessibility of documents."
https://aeon.co/essays/the-1970s-librarians-who-revolutionised-the-challenge-of-search
#Google is attempting to improve #search for #Gmail users by introducing AI to the experience. https://tchlp.com/3oEmwUI
I'm sure something exists, but I need a #windows tool that allows me to 1) target (and index) a folder and 2) allow for text searching for content in that folder.
I can't stand the built-in Windows search tools. GREP is fine, but slow. Ideally, I want to have a tool that manages its own index and allow for keyword searches. Thanks!
🔍 Improving the Search Experience with OpenSearch (ElasticSearch)
We recently helped the Trussell Trust transition from MySQL to OpenSearch, an open-source, scalable, and flexible alternative to ElasticSearch.
🚀 The result? A 5 to 10 times increase in search performance, reduced load on the application and database, and a smoother user experience.
🔗 Full story: https://bitzesty.com/2023/03/05/improving-the-search-experience-with-opensearch-elasticsearch/
We often think of the origins of web search as happening in the garages of Silicon Valley, but in fact in the 1970s a group of brilliantly future-minded librarians invented the principles and early version of web search. #search #libraries https://aeon.co/essays/the-1970s-librarians-who-revolutionised-the-challenge-of-search
Bing seems to be running a new test on their first SERPs: besides blue boxes for sitelinks of the organic number one result, they were showing 2 grey boxes for some other results in the left column.
Possibly these boxes represent entities and main keywords of these pages.
At first glance I don´t see the advantage for regular users. So, maybe this is giving a glimpse into how Bing organizes results? Maybe it's not meant for the public?
#SearchEngineTest I want to download an .iso of the [GNU/] Linux Mint Debian Edition. Search using keywords "LMDE" and "download"
* Monocles.de: correct download page was #5 result, the release notes for the previous release were the #2. The rest were geek press articles about LMDE
* Mojeek: correct download page at the top, with .nl download page for the same release as #3. The rest were geek press too
(1/?)
I completely agree:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110079043525873237
However, the spelling is off, and thus the #search. 😉
BTW, is #Reddit the next target?--#Elmo invested in 2014. How many influence does he currently wield at the company?
Scott,
That would be the ideal result, and it may happen over time. In the meantime, I think there is enough Ukraine content on Mastodon/Fediverse to provide a pretty clear picture of events. The problem is that the fediverse search process is a bit obtuse and it is hard to tap into everything that is available.
Over the next 15 days, #Gmail users will begin to see “top results” when they #search their inboxes, featured above the “all results” section. The new category is fueled by #Google’s machine learning models. https://tchlp.com/3oDdJlT
Dr. Nelms was really nice! We had a great experience. Turns out both my partner & I were correct in the (different) things we noticed. Edraith does have some age-related changes to her eyes and Dr. Nelms recommended we take advantage of the free exam for working dogs next year as well, to monitor the progress, ensuring it is normal age progression. She still has fine vision though and there is nothing to worry about. I was happy to have Rex Specs though after, her eyes were sooooo dialated. Thanks for supporting our working dogs who help keep you safe in the wilderness! :D
#aussie #dogs #dogsofmastodon #australianshepherd #workingdogs #SAR #Search #searchdog #searchandrescue #acvo
interesting move by #Brave in releasing an #API for their #SearchEngine with an emphasis on it's use in training #AI. I expect this to be a controversial move, imho, it rubs a bit against the grain of the #privacy / #security centric ethos of the Brave ecosystem.
Full announcement from Brave: https://brave.com/search-api-launch/
@dilmandila ...I will raise you this gem from the DuckDuck search magic.
Come speak at #OpenSearchCon! You have until June 9th to get your presentations in for one of our three in-person tracks.
(why not submit multiple ideas!)
🔎 #Search
📈 #Analytics, #Observability, & #Security
🤗 #Community
https://opensearch.org/opensearchcon2023-cfp.html
#OpenSearch #opensource
If Google could maybe reboot the Search Console server? 😀
(or reboot if this post gets 3 boosts, @johnmu 😂?)
Apparently people complaining about #Searches here are already screwed in any case, as Cälckey seem to bypass whatever "Not searchable" instances + setting picks?
You mention something someone has an 'Antenna' for & they can see Unlisted posts like Searches, too, though not following you. This seems a dubious or risky thing for trans people who for obvious reasons seem to ask for better protection the most here.
OK, let's try this Google SGE thing — Search Generative Experience, i.e. generative AI-boosted search results. What queries should I try? Commerce, travel, science, news, entertainment, Eunice Winkless biography?
#search #AI #Google #generative
Most concerning for website owners reliant on traffic.
The domain for one of my less successful projects, https://donationmatch.party, is up for renewal.
I've already thought about moving it to the fediverse, as it previously relied on Twitter and their API, but it's a bit more difficult here without full-text search.
And it doesn't look like #MatchDonations or #DonationMatch are even a thing.
Despite my recent whinging about search results in DuckDuckGo since it became a front-end for Bing, I've noticed a curious thing over a few weeks of testing with other search engines. It usually returns better results for NZ-specific searches than either Mojeek or Monocles.de.
To better surface relevant, expert, and knowledgeable content in Google Search and News, we developed a system called topic authority that helps determine which expert sources are helpful to newsy queries in certain specialized topic areas. Read more: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/05/understanding-news-topic-authority #Google #Search #GoogleSearch
One of the problems with making Google search better is that much of its indexed content is unstructured data. How can you search a big pile? I have found that even unstructured data search can be tamed to a certain extent when you use something I call 'persistent metadata' — metadata applicable to any physical object, like date and location.
Site names are now supported for subdomains on mobile devices. Learn more about the details and availability here: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/site-names
Also, if you’ve consulted our resources and still find issues, you can post into our dedicated thread at https://support.google.com/webmasters/thread/217127361 where we’ll use feedback to look for general improvements. #Google #Search #GoogleSearch
@twobraids Here you can #search #instances by different criteria including post length: https://mastodon.help/instances/en?lang=112&desc=&minu=111&maxu=&minau=111&minc=999&exnox=1&exregc=1&exappr=0&exlcko=0&ord=ausersd&p=1 #feditips #Fediverse #MastodonTips
Neeva RIP
"... it is one thing to build a search engine, and an entirely different thing to convince regular users of the need to switch to a better choice. Contrary to popular belief, convincing users to pay for a better experience was actually a less difficult problem compared to getting them to try a new search engine in the first place."
Yeah, marketing isn't so easy is it?
#search #WebSearch #OSINT #Wikipedia #genealogy
Hey y'all, I've made a BIG LIST of Search Gizmos. There are over 45 of them, and that doesn't count the ones I moved to RSS Gizmos!
If you want to try some unique ways of doing news search, web search, genealogy, OSINT, Wikipedia explanation, I got you a WHOLE TOY BOX at
https://searchgizmos.com/biglist/ .
Everything's free! No ads. Probably won't work on your phone (so many apologies)
Share if you like it! Thanks!
New on my podcast: a conversation with Search Anthropologist Dan Russell about his book "The Joy of Search." Tune in to improve your googling skills!
https://theinformed.life/2023/05/21/episode-114-dan-russell/
I've wanted to play with #sqlite's #FTS5 (Full text #search extension) in #Deno for a long time. But this issue may not get resolved (for good reasons):
https://github.com/dyedgreen/deno-sqlite/issues/108
So I forked the repo and made a one-line change to the Makefile and bam! got my FTS.
https://github.com/teleclimber/deno-sqlite/commit/05ce37da26742e6d3b80dc7b92e3b80cbd93689b
So far it seems to work fine. Give it a shot if you like, you can import like this:
import { DB } from "https://github.com/teleclimber/deno-sqlite/raw/master/mod.ts";
I'll publish as a proper module in time if signals are positive.
Neeva, an ad-free and subscription-based search engine focused on privacy, announced it would shut down on June 2, 2023.
https://www.coywolf.news/seo/neeva-shutting-down-search-engine/
