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1 Aardvark Anatomy of a Large-Scale Social Search Engine

2 The Library vs. The Village The Library Keywords are used to search Knowledge base comes from a small number of publishers Content is created before the question is asked Trust is based on Authority Traditional search engines (e.g. Google) The Village Questions are phrased in natural language Answers are generated in real time Anyone in the community might answer Trust is based on intimacy

3 Purpose Harness the power of the village to answer questions not easily answered with traditional search engines. Works best for subjective questions “What is a good Italian restaurant in the north end of Boston with live entertainment on Fridays? Utilize the power of mobile devices to provide quick answers from knowledgeable users.

4 Aardvark Components Crawler / Indexer Finds and labels resources Users, not documents Query Analyzer Classifies queries Filters out non-questions, trivial questions, inappropriate questions Determines if the query is specific to a location Determines the topic Uses natural language processing to find salient phrases and determine what is semantically significant. Uses a taxonomy of popular topics Ranking Function Ranks resources (users) to determine which provide the best information on a topic UI Web, IM, Mobile devices

5 Aardvark Architecture

6 User Experience Approached directly, via IM or Mobile Application to answer a specific question they should know something about. Answerers are found within the users social network Interaction is real-time One on One conversation

7 Ranking Similar to traditional ranking in concept, a statistical probability that the user can answer a question on a topic is computed. Also takes into account the “connectedness” of the users. Asks for feedback as to the quality of the question after it is answered.

8 Does it work? 87.7% of questions received an answer 57.2% answered in less than 10 minutes 70.4% of answers were ranked “good” In my experience, works great for: Idea generator Getting pointed in the right direction Getting opinions on subjective topics

9 References “Anatomy of a Large-Scale Social Search Engine” by Damon Horowitz and Sepandar Kumar http://vark.com/aardvarkFinalWWW2010.pdf Try it yourself – www.vark.com


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