We all have different concepts of relevancy. Take your first example, “How to develop a social network”, what if the person was business oriented? They would feel that a result from Ning would be very relevant. What if the person was marketing oriented? They may have used the word “develop” to describe developing or building an audience for a social network, so finding a result about the technical side would be poor for them.

The majors have to play generic to cater for everyone. Smaller plays like us can afford to experiment. I for one, am not ashamed of not delivering a result for a search instead of delivering results that only fit half your query.

Take this example & place in “ANY” of the search engines:
“How to develop a social network” or
“Steps to develop a social network” or
“Develop a social network from scratch” or
“how to code or program a social network”

You will get results that feature exactly what you “DON”T WANT”, for example, you will get: “SITES” that offer you a white label solution or results that send you to Ning or Kickapps, and the “other 9 networks that let you ‘build’ a network off an existing platform. These results are fine, however, really don’t provide the specific solution one could be looking for. I literally spent 8 hours trying to find out specific results. All I was trying to look for was the basic steps or what’s needed to develop a social network right from the beginning. No white label solutions, just the details of and specs from the beginning. Maybe someone here can help?

But really, try some of those search queries versus “iPhone Development”. However, iPhone Development search means to me that search results at least should give me the specific details on at least: 1.)How To, 2.) News Results, 3.) Company details, and then Blogs. Maybe a category type search engine should be in the works eh?

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Full disclosure I am the builder of this site.

Ah, Simpy support, that’s good to see!