On May 18, 2012, at 06:51 , Eric Franzon wrote: > Ivan, > > 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.
Hm. Ok, although I do have a google account... Anyway, no big deal. There is time to do this, but what this shows is that running an experiment now may be premature. Cheers ivan > > Cheers, > --Eric > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 17, 2012, at 9:28 PM, Ivan Herman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Kingsley, >> >> the problem is that, as usual, the GKG is a US centric thing for now, At >> least here in the Netherlands it does not seem to work yet. >> >> (I guess I could set up a proxy to my account in MIT, and reconfigure my >> browsers to work that way, but that is too much trouble...) >> >> :-( >> >> Ivan >> --- >> Ivan Herman >> Tel:+31 641044153 >> http://www.ivan-herman.net >> >> (Written on mobile, sorry for brevity and misspellings...) >> >> >> >> On 17 May 2012, at 22:38, Kingsley Idehen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> All, >>> >>> I have a theory (at this point) that Google has used profile analytics (not >>> a bad thing per se.) to drive the rollout of their new Knowledge Graph >>> service. I've dropped a post on G+ with links to a Google Drive folder with >>> screenshots that feed my current theory about profile driven rollout. >>> Basically, you have two users (distinct profiles) issuing the same query, >>> with different results. >>> >>> I am interested in finding out how many of you actually see the new >>> Knowledge Graph sidebar. >>> >>> Links: >>> >>> 1. http://goo.gl/dZgxf -- G+ post about my theory >>> 2. http://goo.gl/6eemj -- Shared Google Drive Folder . >>> >>> -- >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > ---- Ivan Herman, W3C Semantic Web Activity Lead Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ mobile: +31-641044153 FOAF: http://www.ivan-herman.net/foaf.rdf
