...or feed an interesting conspiracy theory :) Regards, Dave
On May 18, 2012, at 13:41, Eric Franzon wrote: > Although, really, if TimBL doesn't yet see anything as he just reported, that > may shoot the "influence" hypothesis right out of the water. ;) > > Cheers, > --Eric > > On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Eric Franzon <[email protected]> wrote: > I also am still not getting to view GKG enrichments either. It truly seems to > be a gradual roll-out (as Google confirmed to us yesterday: > http://semanticweb.com/google-knowledge-graph-interview_b29172). I have tried > all three of my Google accounts, all of which have completed profiles, but to > no avail. > > What the representative we interviewed indicated is that they are rolling out > slowly to account holders "over the next few days." THEN, they will begin > with general Google.com visitors. And then I suspect they will (again > gradually) start rolling it out across other global Googles. > > I was interested in Kingsley's experiment because it was based on the theory > that some measure of "social influence" might be at play in the algorithm. > While my ego might certainly wish to believe that I (and semanticweb.com) > have such influence, I acknowledge that Danny Sullivan, Kara Swisher, et al > probably have more in the broader tech world. ;-) > > Of course, if Google would mention "Semantic Web" in their marketing material > or acknowledge any of the other work that has come before, that would no > doubt help with the "influence" of all of us on these lists. But I digress... > for more on that perspective, you may wish to see Sean Golliher's editorial > which will be published at SemanticWeb.com at the top of the next hour > (2:00pm ET in the US). > > Cheers, > --Eric > > > > > On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Ivan Herman <[email protected]> wrote: > Well... I tried this trick, but does not change a thing. Yes, the search > happens on www.google.com, but I presume it knows that I am, hm, considered > as Dutch and sticks to its guns: I see nothing of the GKG on my screen. > > Ivan > > On May 18, 2012, at 17:57 , Aidan Hogan wrote: > > > All, > > > > On 18/05/2012 05:51, Eric Franzon wrote: > >> 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. > > > > In my experience, the most reliable way to see GKG in action is: > > > > Visit http://google.com/ncr > > (the "/ncr" suffix stops you redirecting to a local version) > > > > Be logged in with a Google account. > > > > Try a typical entity search (e.g., "Galway"). > > > > Cheers, > > Aidan > > > ---- > 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 > > > > > > > > > -- > Eric Axel Franzon > Vice President of Community > SemanticWeb.com > 6080 Center Dr., 6th Floor > Los Angeles, CA 90045 > > [email protected] > O: +1.323.856.1474 > C: +1.323.309.1601 > > LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/ericfranzon > Twitter: http://twitter.com/SemanticWeb > > > > > -- > Eric Axel Franzon > Vice President of Community > SemanticWeb.com > 6080 Center Dr., 6th Floor > Los Angeles, CA 90045 > > [email protected] > O: +1.323.856.1474 > C: +1.323.309.1601 > > LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/ericfranzon > Twitter: http://twitter.com/SemanticWeb >
