Comments on: Search vs. Recommendations, or Authoritative and Related Sources in a Graph http://blog.directededge.com/2009/10/25/search-vs-recommendations-or-authoritative-and-related-sources-in-a-graph/ Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:10:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Aditya http://blog.directededge.com/2009/10/25/search-vs-recommendations-or-authoritative-and-related-sources-in-a-graph/comment-page-1/#comment-5206 Aditya Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:10:39 +0000 http://blog.directededge.com/?p=332#comment-5206 But what if the authoritative sources were more specific. Obama is not a great example because he's not really an authority on anything specific (politics, maybe, but you wouldn't follow him on twitter about that). If the example was @Scobleizer who is an actual authority/connector in the startup world, then he would make for a good authoritative recommendation, right? So, what I'm saying is that keeping the authoritative source is definitely relevant if your topic is specific enough. But what if the authoritative sources were more specific. Obama is not a great example because he’s not really an authority on anything specific (politics, maybe, but you wouldn’t follow him on twitter about that).

If the example was @Scobleizer who is an actual authority/connector in the startup world, then he would make for a good authoritative recommendation, right?

So, what I’m saying is that keeping the authoritative source is definitely relevant if your topic is specific enough.

]]> By: Joseph Turian http://blog.directededge.com/2009/10/25/search-vs-recommendations-or-authoritative-and-related-sources-in-a-graph/comment-page-1/#comment-4980 Joseph Turian Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:21:27 +0000 http://blog.directededge.com/?p=332#comment-4980 This is a confusion is similar to something we experience with our information exploration and discovery tool. Search is useful when you know specifically and exactly what you are looking for. But what if you don't know what information you need? This is a confusion is similar to something we experience with our information exploration and discovery tool.

Search is useful when you know specifically and exactly what you are looking for. But what if you don’t know what information you need?

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