If Search Engines Could Read Your Mind

Anonymous Patron writes “What if a search engine knew exactly what you were thinking, and unerringly provided perfect search results? The idea is not as farfetched as it sounds. Or so says

Chris Sherman.
When people complain about “poor quality” or “irrelevant” search results, they almost never blame their own poorly formed request—yet bad queries are a huge part of the problem. It’s actually quite remarkable that search engines can take a sparse two or three word query and make sense of it. Lacking context, search engines are forced to virtually guess at your true intent.”