Comments on: A little search experiment http://www.humanitarian.info/2006/11/16/a-little-search-experiment/ because information can save lives Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:15:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul Currion http://www.humanitarian.info/2006/11/16/a-little-search-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-3332 Paul Currion Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:50:12 +0000 http://www.humanitarian.info/2006/11/16/a-little-search-experiment/#comment-3332 Yeah, it works up to a point... but not to the extent that I'd like. I guess Google will be working on the algorithms behind it for a while. I wonder how useful it would actually be, and how we can get some of the emergency response teams to give it a try? Yeah, it works up to a point… but not to the extent that I’d like. I guess Google will be working on the algorithms behind it for a while. I wonder how useful it would actually be, and how we can get some of the emergency response teams to give it a try?

]]> By: Matt Bannerman http://www.humanitarian.info/2006/11/16/a-little-search-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-3307 Matt Bannerman Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:31:32 +0000 http://www.humanitarian.info/2006/11/16/a-little-search-experiment/#comment-3307 Interesting idea - but does it work? A little test with "ECB" - the overrused acronym for the Emergency Capacity Building Project - gives the following results: Humanitarian Google: 3rd, behind cricket and bankers (!) Your everyday Google: nowhere I'd say you were on to something. Interesting idea – but does it work? A little test with “ECB” – the overrused acronym for the Emergency Capacity Building Project – gives the following results:

Humanitarian Google: 3rd, behind cricket and bankers (!)
Your everyday Google: nowhere

I’d say you were on to something.

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