- From: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 15:03:32 -0400
- To: public-lod@w3.org
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On 5/18/12 2:12 PM, Juan Sequeda wrote: > It finally works for me. > > First thing I tried was "Paris Hilton" and "Hilton Paris", which is > always the simple of example of lack of semantics on the web that I > tell people like my mom. > > Actually, I'm disappointed with what I got. > https://twitter.com/#!/juansequeda/status/203548313318985729 > <https://twitter.com/#%21/juansequeda/status/203548313318985729> Yep! 'Paris Hilton' is the acid test! In addition, you have 'Paris', 'New York', and 'Micheal Jackson' . Even funnier, just type in 'Michael' and you'll see this is 100% antithetical to what the Web's evoution is supposed to be about. Kingsley > > > On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 12:45 PM, David Wood <david@3roundstones.com > <mailto:david@3roundstones.com>> wrote: > > ...or feed an interesting conspiracy theory :) > > Regards, > Dave > > > > > On May 18, 2012, at 13:41, Eric Franzon wrote: > >> Although, really, if TimBL doesn't yet see anything as he just >> reported, that may shoot the "influence" hypothesis right out of >> the water. ;) >> >> Cheers, >> --Eric >> >> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Eric Franzon >> <eric@semanticweb.com <mailto:eric@semanticweb.com>> wrote: >> >> I also am still not getting to view GKG enrichments either. >> It truly seems to be a gradual roll-out (as Google confirmed >> to us yesterday: >> http://semanticweb.com/google-knowledge-graph-interview_b29172). >> I have tried all three of my Google accounts, all of which >> have completed profiles, but to no avail. >> >> What the representative we interviewed indicated is that they >> are rolling out slowly to account holders "over the next few >> days." THEN, they will begin with general Google.com >> <http://Google.com> visitors. And then I suspect they will >> (again gradually) start rolling it out across other global >> Googles. >> >> I was interested in Kingsley's experiment because it was >> based on the theory that some measure of "social influence" >> might be at play in the algorithm. While my ego might >> certainly wish to believe that I (and semanticweb.com >> <http://semanticweb.com/>) have such influence, I acknowledge >> that Danny Sullivan, Kara Swisher, et al probably have more >> in the broader tech world. ;-) >> >> Of course, if Google would mention "Semantic Web" in their >> marketing material or acknowledge any of the other work that >> has come before, that would no doubt help with the >> "influence" of all of us on these lists. But I digress... for >> more on /that/ perspective, you may wish to see Sean >> Golliher's editorial which will be published at >> SemanticWeb.com <http://SemanticWeb.com> at the top of the >> next hour (2:00pm ET in the US). >> >> Cheers, >> --Eric >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org >> <mailto:ivan@w3.org>> wrote: >> >> Well... I tried this trick, but does not change a thing. >> Yes, the search happens on www.google.com >> <http://www.google.com/>, but I presume it knows that I >> am, hm, considered as Dutch and sticks to its guns: I see >> nothing of the GKG on my screen. >> >> Ivan >> >> On May 18, 2012, at 17:57 , Aidan Hogan wrote: >> >> > All, >> > >> > On 18/05/2012 05:51, Eric Franzon wrote: >> >> Actually, some modest testing has shown something >> other than geography at play here. Earlier today, >> colleagues in London and California were able to see GKG >> rich data visualizations, while others in the US (myself >> included -- also in California) and Europe could not. >> >> >> >> I spoke to a Google representative this afternoon who >> confirmed the gradual roll-out, but would not (or could >> not) discuss the algorithm. He did hint that people with >> Google accounts will be first to see the enhancements. >> > >> > In my experience, the most reliable way to see GKG in >> action is: >> > >> > Visit http://google.com/ncr >> > (the "/ncr" suffix stops you redirecting to a local >> version) >> > >> > Be logged in with a Google account. >> > >> > Try a typical entity search (e.g., "Galway"). >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Aidan >> >> >> ---- >> Ivan Herman, W3C Semantic Web Activity Lead >> Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ >> mobile: +31-641044153 <tel:%2B31-641044153> >> FOAF: http://www.ivan-herman.net/foaf.rdf >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> *Eric Axel Franzon* >> Vice President of Community >> SemanticWeb.com <http://SemanticWeb.com> >> 6080 Center Dr., 6th Floor >> Los Angeles, CA 90045 >> >> eric@semanticweb.com <mailto:eric@semanticweb.com> >> O: +1.323.856.1474 <tel:%2B1.323.856.1474> >> C: +1.323.309.1601 <tel:%2B1.323.309.1601> >> >> LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/ericfranzon >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/SemanticWeb >> >> >> >> >> -- >> *Eric Axel Franzon* >> Vice President of Community >> SemanticWeb.com <http://SemanticWeb.com> >> 6080 Center Dr., 6th Floor >> Los Angeles, CA 90045 >> >> eric@semanticweb.com <mailto:eric@semanticweb.com> >> O: +1.323.856.1474 <tel:%2B1.323.856.1474> >> C: +1.323.309.1601 <tel:%2B1.323.309.1601> >> >> LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/ericfranzon >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/SemanticWeb >> > > -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen Founder& CEO OpenLink Software Company Web: http://www.openlinksw.com Personal Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen Twitter/Identi.ca handle: @kidehen Google+ Profile: https://plus.google.com/112399767740508618350/about LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidehen
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