January 2008
8 posts
Metafilter Infodump →
I posted this a few days ago, then deleted because the data lacks the actual text of the posts & comments… but it looks like it might be interesting after all from the social network perspective.
“[the new search service] will present a big challenge for eBay’s sellers....”
– John Donahoe’s Plan to Save eBay: Better Search - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog Its about time eBay got a better search service — finding a product can be a truly aggravating experience. But, I can’t help but think this will open a real can of worms for eBay. Ditching a...
“Repeatability guideline: … we [KDD] need to take steps to ensure the long...”
– KDD 2008
WEBSPAM-UK2007 | Datasets | Web Spam Detection →
new dataset.
Delicious Integrated Into Yahoo Search Results →
very cool, and its about time… I’d be surprised if del.icio.us bookmarking isn’t impacting Yahoo’s ranking.
Time Capsule →
Nice idea from Apple — network storage built into your wireless router. Now all they need is a slick way to centralize your music, photo and video libraries, share across portables & send to your TV….
Text REtrieval Conference (TREC) Call to TREC 2008 →
TREC ‘08 CFP has been posted — details are still sketchy. I might be biting off more than I can chew, but I’d like to participate in the million query track, relevance feedback track & of course the blog track again.
“Unfortunately, Facebook’s already polluted Newsfeed, so I’m not sure...”
– Unit Structures: Social Network Clutter