Google Research probes educasearch engine
Peter Norvig - current Google Research head and the company's former director of search quality - is exploring some sort of new-age search engine aimed specifically for students. Wednesday, at the search-obsessed SMX West conference in Silicon Valley, Norvig was asked if he was doing anything in "20 per cent" time - Googlespeak …
I'm guessing that'll be exactly like Google Regular Search, but with the Wikipedia results displayed in a more prominent font and given an even larger kick up the rankings than usual. Sponsored links will still be at the top, but they'll be the nearest text book on Amazon that the engine can find.
Oh and a pr0n filter to stop Biology students suffering stunted growth due to excessive "study time".
Hey kids, try our replacements for search and email. All you have to do is tell us everything about your lives and we'll give you free email and a nice friendly search engine that wants to be your special friend.
Yeah... Right.
