62% Don't Trust Search Engines with Their Information.30% do not want a search engine to ever store information, survey of tech blog Tech Blogs - Blogs about technology Nowadays, you can read about technology in blogs. Tech blogs a provide a new way of getting technology information faster than magazines such as Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Wired, etc. readers reveals NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- A poll of 295 Web searchers who are readers of top-technology Web blogs reveals that 62 percent do not trust their search engine with their information. In addition, users disclosed the most important issues search engines can address to win users' trust. The top two responses were "users did not want search engines to store any data at all:" (30%); and "users wanted editing permission over the data search engines keep:" (19%). The poll was conducted from May 30 to July 17th by hakia.com www.hakia.com , a new meaning-based search engine. Poll results can be accessed at http://searchforbettersearch.com/ and are as follows: Do you trust your search engine with your information? * No 62% (166 votes) * Yes 38% (106 votes) Total Votes: 295 What is the single most important issue search engines can address to win users' trust? * Don't ever store user information. 30% (72 votes) * Give users access to and editing permission over the data search engines keep. 19% (47 votes) * Be transparent about filtering they use to display results, capture information and disclose biases. 14% (35 votes) * Give users the opportunity to opt out at will. 10% (25 votes) * Empower users to manage and improve the relevancy of their own search results. 12% (30 votes) * Have regular open conversations with users on the use of user data. 5% (12 votes) * Give users the tools to curate CURATE, eccl. law. One who represents the incumbent of a church, person, or20 vicar, and takes care of the church, and performs divine service in his stead. and prune prune, popular name for a dried plum. Fruits of the many varieties of Prunus domestica, which are firm-fleshed and dry easily without removal of the stone, are gathered after falling from the tree, dipped in lye solution to prevent fermentation, dried in the search history. 5% (12 votes) * None of the above 5% (11 votes) Total Votes: 244 According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Dr. Riza C. Berkan, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of hakia, "It is not the data or cookies...it is the intent in handling them. The problem is purely in communications. Search engines must openly declare what they are doing with the data and all tracking devices, almost like a confession A Confession is a short work on questions of religion by Leo Tolstoy. It was first distributed in Russia in 1882. Consisting of autobiographical notes on the development of the author's belief, A Confession . Alternatively, they can ask users' permission when the data is being captured and the privacy line could be seemingly crossed. Once such clarity is exercised, then it is a fair environment." About The Poll: The poll is part of a program created and envisioned by hakia entitled: "The Search For Better Search[TM]." The poll and commentary was linked to the following sites: www.battellemedia.com; www.resourceshelf.com; www.gigaom.com; www.techcrunch.com; www.venturebeat.com; www.readwriteweb.com; and www.arstechnica.com. About hakia hakia has developed the Web's new meaning-based search engine, utilizing a radically new infrastructure designed to deliver the most relevant search results. Founded in 2004, the company is privately held and based in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Go to http://www.hakia.com. |
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