Briefs #2: Eight Principals for Good Search Suggestions; Exalead Awarded U.S. Patent While Microsoft Has Patent App Published For Voice Search; JSTOR Protoype Offers “Enhanced” PDF’s;
+ Eight Principals for Good Search Suggestions (via SearchTools.com)
Avi writes:
A practical approach to making best use of resources when creating and maintaining search suggestions
+ From the JSTOR sandbox:
JSTOR Enhanced PDFs
+ The ability to use search/find capabilities to locate words or phrases within the PDF.
+ The ability to copy and paste text.
+ The ability to use PDFs with screen readers, such as JAWS for Windows.
+ On average, smaller file sizes which are quicker and easier to download.
NOTE: Only a subset of content from the JSTOR collections is available in this prototype. Also, for the purposes of this prototype, some functionality has been disabled or removed. This may not reflect the actual design of the final version.
NOTE: This prototype available only for JSTOR subscribers.
+ Exalead Awarded U.S. Patent (via eContent)
The patent (full text) was awarded about one month ago.
Also, Microsoft recently had a patent application published titled: “Searching for content using voice search queries”
In this RS post from September 2006, we link to an interview with Google’s voice search guru and list of some voice search players.