Comments on: The Amazing Possibilities of Social Search

By: prithi

prithi — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:56:27 +0000

Dear Greg,

Due to the relevancy of Search engine the surfing may lead fruitful or of no use .Every information is vague.However the need in hour or a minute is prime focus.

It was a proper cut to search.Thx for your time .

Still i wish you could segreggate the reach out.

By: Polprav

Polprav — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:48:48 +0000

Hello from Russia!
Can I quote a post in your blog with the link to you?

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:40:57 +0000

Luca,

Thanks. Good luck with Truffls.com

- Greg

By: Luca Merlini

Luca Merlini — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:38:25 +0000

Hi Greg,

This is Luca from Truffls.com. Good article indeed. I believe social search will continue to develop and I’m very curious about how it will look five years from now.

I think the focus on people’s 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree social network isn’t as effective as focusing on finding who is authoritive for the information seeker. A top chef in Italy could probably direct me to a better tiramisu recipe than my good friend John who likes cooking. This goes for all subjects of course.

I therefore believe that personal profiles should be searchable, so information seekers can find the right person and see what (s)he recommends on subjects (s)he knows a lot about. This is what Truffls.com – my site – does. It isn’t immune to people trying to market their own or their clients’ sites, but as the recommendations are linked to a profile it’s easy for the user to locate and keep tapping into the relevant people out there. Hopefully Truffls will be able to steer social search in this direction.

Thanks for reading.

Luca Merlini
Truffls.com – See What the Experts Recommend.

By: Zhanna

Zhanna — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:22:36 +0000

Great articles! Very interesting, I read all of them. Thank you!

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:13:47 +0000

Tom,

Thanks. I’m glad you liked it.

- Greg

By: Tom Nelson

Tom Nelson — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:16:24 +0000

Greg – a very interesting article. I learned something. Thanks for putting it up.

Tom

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:05:11 +0000

thanks ,Greg !
very intersting information

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:14:37 +0000

Karen,

Yeah, I wouldn’t say that it’s a high priority, but thought I’d mention it.

- Greg

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:00:35 +0000

Thanks Greg! We have worked very hard on the site (launched May 2008) and greatly appreciate your compliment.

Because there are so many different threads to our site (programmer talk ha ha) we always have to consider priorities. Right now the priorities are content (products, blog entries, stories) code improvements, marketing and seo etc etc etc.

When the number of members becomes significant enough we will turn our gaze back on that area and will likely come up with some fun cool concepts to make it more and more meaningful for our members.

Thanks so much for your ideas and feedback.

Karen