By the way, there are some other projects like http://www.qwiki.com/ that clearly do work semantically, and offer some of the features touted by google.
Henry On 18 May 2012, at 09:36, Ivan Herman wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > Social Web Architect http://bblfish.net/
