Possible methods and models
This page is intended to collect very short mentions of ideas.
A short elaboration could be put after the main list. If more space is needed on any specific idea, it can be spun off separately. But putting many ideas in one place can make it easier to compare and synthesize them. They can go in alphabetical order.
- Alexa.com
- Answers.com -- I'm not sure what to call this -- Synthesis? Collation?
- Categories and clustering; see Ask.com and Clusty.com, others
- Confidence levels, for lack of a better expression
- Data mining; see SAS Institute
- Distributed networking (I think that's the right term); see SETI -- Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
- Filtering in or out, such as by subject or specific sources or types of sources; see A9.com, maybe others
- Personalization and customization, see Findory, Rollyo, Google, Optevi.com
- Serendipity (potential to find things you didn't know you were interested in)
- Social bookmarks
- Tagging
- Text analytics; see Clearforest
- TV Ratings -- Maybe we could use some kind of clientside tracker, like with tv ratings