Jobs at Apple-Search

#1

Post by mg » Wed, Feb 04, 2015, 10:45 PM UTC

Re: Jobs at Apple-Search

#2

Post by 0x0 » Wed, Feb 04, 2015, 10:51 PM UTC

This could explain the User-Agent "apple/0.1" that has started showing up in apache logs from IP addresses starting with "17."....

Re: Jobs at Apple-Search

#3

Post by billclerico » Wed, Feb 04, 2015, 10:54 PM UTC

I think it's more likely associated with Spotlight vs a web search engine

Re: Jobs at Apple-Search

#4

Post by spullara » Wed, Feb 04, 2015, 10:59 PM UTC

If there is one company that has the pockets and audience big enough to compete it is Apple. They will have to a hire an enormous number of the best search people to do it though.

Re: Jobs at Apple-Search

#5

Post by bsaul » Wed, Feb 04, 2015, 11:03 PM UTC

billclerico wrote: post #3

I think it's more likely associated with Spotlight vs a web search engine

Or a better search tool through all itunes content ( apps, books, courses, etc).

Re: Jobs at Apple-Search

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Post by colinbartlett » Wed, Feb 04, 2015, 11:05 PM UTC

bsaul wrote: post #5

billclerico wrote: post #3

I think it's more likely associated with Spotlight vs a web search engine

Or a better search tool through all itunes content ( apps, books, courses, etc).

I'd be thrilled if they took on Google.

But just be totally happy if app discovery and search was even slightly less atrocious.

Re: Jobs at Apple-Search

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Post by spydum » Wed, Feb 04, 2015, 11:07 PM UTC

billclerico wrote: post #3

I think it's more likely associated with Spotlight vs a web search engine

I am fairly certain this is correct. Mail search, spotlight search, all are due for some improvements.

Re: Jobs at Apple-Search

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Post by serve_yay » Wed, Feb 04, 2015, 11:08 PM UTC

It could be app search, pretty much everything about discovery on the App Store sucks right now.

Re: Jobs at Apple-Search

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Post by seattlewag » Wed, Feb 04, 2015, 11:18 PM UTC

bsaul wrote: post #5

billclerico wrote: post #3

I think it's more likely associated with Spotlight vs a web search engine

Or a better search tool through all itunes content ( apps, books, courses, etc).

Agreed. And to do this "local" search you could imagine it being much better using signal from the web (who is linking to what content in iTunes, etc).

Re: Jobs at Apple-Search

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Post by grecy » Wed, Feb 04, 2015, 11:22 PM UTC

spullara wrote: post #4

If there is one company that has the pockets and audience big enough to compete it is Apple. They will have to a hire an enormous number of the best search people to do it though.

As with a few of their other skunkworks (POWER->X86) we have no way of knowing if they've already been hard at work on it for years and years.