A more useful internet search with Google ResearchSearch

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A more useful internet search with Google ResearchSearch (11/18/2004)

An email I sent Google on 6/18/2003:


To:		suggestions@google.com

From:		(redacted)

Subject:	Google ResearchSearch


Hello,


Some time ago, let's say before 1995, the internet was more about research than communication.  For instance, a search for "Nuclear Power" in WAIS or Archie or whatever would actually yeild hits on how nuclear power worked, the types of reactors, and other useful things about the topic.  Now however, and this is through no fault of your own of course, the web is cluttered with people debating the merits of nuclear power, the economics, and other issues.  It's sort of sad for the inquizitive minds who just want to know how it works... so I was wondering...


Could google build an index of just "research" sites, so we could just search that?  Maybe users could suggest root sites to be added and then someone there or perhaps some trusted users could review the sites to be added?  It'd really go along way towards making the internet useful again.  I'd even pay $10/month for access to use the old internet... the one I remember.  And why we're at it... can you all get rid of all of this spam?!?!  Just kidding.


Hey, just to take this further, people of various disciplines might like search engines targeted towords them.  A marketing one for marketing folks, accounting for accounting folks, etc..  The old model Yahoo worked on where folks submitted things to be added proved useful until the web just got too big, so maybe it could be applied again if we're concentrating on specific disciplines.


Anyway, just some ideas... I hope you use them.


Thanks,


Jason Wells

Google sent a form reply and then I never heard from them again. On 11/18/2004 Google launched scholar.google.com. I've no idea of if it was based off of my email, or something they already had cooked up. Either way, it is very cool, and exactly what I wanted.