As you can see, there are variety of different things people do online. With the exception of the growth of social media sites, there has been very little change over time in the top activities in the last 10 years or so.Here’s the thing. These are thing we do…activities we perform. Underneath EVERY ONE of these activities is data. Massive amounts of data.
As you can see, there are variety of different things people do online. With the exception of the growth of social media sites, there has been very little change over time in the top activities in the last 10 years or so.Here’s the thing. These are thing we do…activities we perform. Underneath EVERY ONE of these activities is data. Massive amounts of data.
At the end of the day, it’s all about data, right? Data data data data data!NOT SO FAST! Let’s look at the different TYPES of data and how social is starting to impact the data that is being used to shape search results.
Here are a representative sample of a TYPE of data. These are the people, places and things we consumed (and still consume) every day on the web.Each of these data types have their own challenges in regard to data indexation and understanding. Each also have their own specific challenges regarding search.
But these aren’t just “data types”. Each type is really a representative label that describes specific things…..
And those specific things have relationships to each other. For the first time, we’re on the verge of taking into account the context of all this data. What is the MEANING between and among data.
And those specific things have relationships to each other. For the first time, we’re on the verge of taking into account the context of all this data. What is the MEANING between and among data.