If you’re finding Google’s new SearchWiki ranking buttons are more annoying than useful, you can hide them using this Greasemonkey user script (a definite candidate for a Better Google extension). Are you customising your results with SearchWiki, or just wishing those buttons weren’t cluttering up your results? Let us know in the comments.
Google’s SearchWiki technology is being rolled out to Google account holders today, letting you rank and comment on search results. It’s an interesting approach to search, although I’m not entirely sure how much difference it will make to most searchers’ day-to-day activities. Read on for a quick screenshot tour of its main features. More »
A press release from Google promises that SearchWiki, a technology that lets you rank results to improve their relevance to you and offer comments on their usefulness, will roll out on Australian accounts today. As of this writing, it hasn’t shown up in my account, but there’ll be a review as soon as it does. In the meantime, if you’ve tried it out, share your thoughts in the comments. More »
