Steering Yahoo! Commitment to captivate users with simpler search.
Valencia, 8 sep .- Research Vice President for Europe and Latin America on Yahoo!, Ricardo Baeza-Yates, has been analyzed in Valencia on the future of Internet search engines and has opted for "captive" users with searches "more fast and simple. "
Baeza-Yates has been responsible for opening the first day of the Spanish Congress on Informatics (CEDI), which runs until 10, mortal gold, September at the Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (UPV).
In his paper "The next frontier of search," explained that the basic part of the collection of information on the web "already resolved" and has established itself as a technology "mature" which currently is more limited by the cost the infrastructure for research.
The manager of Yahoo! Has indicated that, aika gold, future "challenges" in this area will have more to do with "user experience, richness of data provided and novel applications."
The challenge has been asserted, is to get users to "do whatever you have to do in a more rapid and simple" thanks to advances in Internet search engines.
To enhance this experience in Internet searches, Baeza-Yates has chosen, eve isk, to use the features of the so-called Web 2.0, which allows for greater interaction between site administrators and users.
According to above, several studies show that the information produced by the Internet "is greater" than that provided by the network itself, so that Internet "democratization", a phenomenon that has increased with the emergence of social networks like Twitter or Facebook.
According to the computer, search services like Yahoo or Google should use data provided by users to improve their service, making more complete and easy search.
Search engines, continued, "have to guess what people want to do when seeking information, taking into account" that each person is different, so it is necessary to analyze the sessions of each user.
Also, has opted to "encourage users to contribute information to the Web, a system that allows" people opine about how to make the results of research are best. "
CEDI The first day of the conference continued with the teacher of the Bauhaus University Weimar (Germany), Benno Stein, who spoke about the detection of plagiarized text in Wikipedia, and a panel discussion on the role of medical informatics a new model of care.
Tomorrow the conference continued with a presentation by a professor at the University of Hasselt (Belgium), Fabian gave Fore, and various professional meetings related to digital television, artificial vision systems or the professional image in computer engineering.
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