Comments on: Google expands some acronym searches http://www.squarefree.com/2005/01/17/google-expands-some-acronym-searches/ Jesse Ruderman on Firefox, security, and more Fri, 09 Sep 2011 05:56:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: nandhp http://www.squarefree.com/2005/01/17/google-expands-some-acronym-searches/comment-page-1/#comment-1014 nandhp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/test/wp15/wordpress/?p=207#comment-1014 fedex->federal express fedex->federal express

]]> By: Jesse Ruderman http://www.squarefree.com/2005/01/17/google-expands-some-acronym-searches/comment-page-1/#comment-1015 Jesse Ruderman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/test/wp15/wordpress/?p=207#comment-1015 In a search for 'fedex shipping', the phrase "federal express" is bold. But in a search for 'fedex', the same phrase is not bold when it appears. So now we have two examples, 'np' and 'fedex', and they both require other (related?) terms to be present. In a search for ‘fedex shipping’, the phrase “federal express” is bold. But in a search for ‘fedex’, the same phrase is not bold when it appears.

So now we have two examples, ‘np’ and ‘fedex’, and they both require other (related?) terms to be present.

]]> By: Sebastian Moser http://www.squarefree.com/2005/01/17/google-expands-some-acronym-searches/comment-page-1/#comment-1016 Sebastian Moser Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/test/wp15/wordpress/?p=207#comment-1016 it seems as if google (logically) needed a related term to be able to find out which acronym you mean... seems logical to me... ;) it seems as if google (logically) needed a related term to be able to find out which acronym you mean… seems logical to me… ;)

]]> By: Block Sheep http://www.squarefree.com/2005/01/17/google-expands-some-acronym-searches/comment-page-1/#comment-1017 Block Sheep Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/test/wp15/wordpress/?p=207#comment-1017 I wonder if any of Google's smarts come from acronyms marked-up with the ABBR element in HTML. Does Google learn accronyms from information in web pages, or did they complile a list themselves? It would make sense that they need a corresponsing word to know what the accronym means if it's getting this from context clues in the pages it indexes. If this is the case then it's a cryin' shame that we won't see the same thing happen with quotes until the Q element is supported by IE (or IE is bumped from being "dominant"). I wonder if any of Google’s smarts come from acronyms marked-up with the ABBR element in HTML. Does Google learn accronyms from information in web pages, or did they complile a list themselves? It would make sense that they need a corresponsing word to know what the accronym means if it’s getting this from context clues in the pages it indexes.

If this is the case then it’s a cryin’ shame that we won’t see the same thing happen with quotes until the Q element is supported by IE (or IE is bumped from being “dominant”).

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