Difference between revisions of "FilterBubblet"
From Splatspace
(Created page with "FilterBubblet is: * a JavaScript bookmarklet that sends Google search results for a term to * a web service that stores the results in a database") |
(→Open Questions) |
||
| (5 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | + | =Overview= | |
| − | * a JavaScript bookmarklet that sends Google search results for a term to | + | ==FilterBubblet is:== |
| + | |||
| + | * a JavaScript bookmarklet that sends Google search results for a term to a web service | ||
* a web service that stores the results in a database | * a web service that stores the results in a database | ||
| + | |||
| + | The idea was born of the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8ofWFx525s TED Talk "Filter Bubble"] and [http://groups.google.com/group/durham-makerspace/browse_thread/thread/87643b8301324598/ccc05eefee6e5fb8?lnk=gst&q=bubble#ccc05eefee6e5fb8 Jeff's earlier experiment] to test the filter bubble theory manually. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Rationale== | ||
| + | |||
| + | * determine if the 'filter bubble' exists, and | ||
| + | * analyze the data and make useful observations, like showing people results they didn't see | ||
| + | * open the filter bubble experiment we conducted on the mailing list to a much larger userbase | ||
| + | ** potentially thousands of people could install the filterbubblet bookmarklet and send their results | ||
| + | |||
| + | =Open Questions= | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Is it possible to reliably extract Google search results from the result HTML? | ||
| + | ** Yes, or so it appears. The list of links is always in an ordered list with an element ID of "rso". Individual links appear to all be of class "tl". [[User:Drew|Drew]] 12:40, 8 June 2011 (MDT) | ||
| + | ** Even easier than that. The <a> is always of class "l" so the following code will dump, in order, the list of google search results (assumes use of '''Firebug''' plugin for Firefox). | ||
| + | |||
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | javascript: | ||
| + | var p=document.getElementsByTagName('*'); | ||
| + | function gc() | ||
| + | { | ||
| + | for(i=0;i<p.length;i++){ | ||
| + | if(p[i].className=='l'){ | ||
| + | console.log(p[i].href); | ||
| + | } | ||
| + | }; | ||
| + | }; | ||
| + | gc(); | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Now how do I get data out of the browser to the webs? [[User:Drew|Drew]] 14:19, 8 June 2011 (MDT) | ||
| + | ** Ok, so jQuery must be able to do this. 'cause , ya know, AJAX. But how exactly? [[User:Drew|Drew]] 14:35, 8 June 2011 (MDT) | ||
| + | |||
| + | =Random Ideas= | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Geographic coordination | ||
| + | ** Web service could use GeoIP to guess user location, associate results with that location | ||
| + | |||
| + | =Technical References= | ||
| + | |||
| + | * [http://benalman.com/projects/run-jquery-code-bookmarklet/ jQuery Bookmarklet Generator] | ||
| + | * [http://www.latentmotion.com/how-to-create-a-jquery-bookmarklet/ How to Create a jQuery Bookmarklet] | ||
| + | * [http://www.hmmm.ip3.co.uk/tips/index.shtml Numbering Google Search Results with JavaScript bookmark] - difficult to read, but bookmarklet does something close to what we want | ||
| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same_origin_policy#Workarounds Same origin policy Workarounds] - we'll need to use one of these techniques to send results to the database | ||
| + | * [http://blog.nathanhumbert.com/2011/02/using-sinatra-with-bundler-to-deploy-on.html Using Sinatra with Bundler to Deploy on Heroku] - possible web service/database starting point (Heroku is free, and Sinatra is comparitively easy) | ||
Latest revision as of 20:35, 8 June 2011
Contents |
Overview
FilterBubblet is:
- a JavaScript bookmarklet that sends Google search results for a term to a web service
- a web service that stores the results in a database
The idea was born of the TED Talk "Filter Bubble" and Jeff's earlier experiment to test the filter bubble theory manually.
Rationale
- determine if the 'filter bubble' exists, and
- analyze the data and make useful observations, like showing people results they didn't see
- open the filter bubble experiment we conducted on the mailing list to a much larger userbase
- potentially thousands of people could install the filterbubblet bookmarklet and send their results
Open Questions
- Is it possible to reliably extract Google search results from the result HTML?
- Yes, or so it appears. The list of links is always in an ordered list with an element ID of "rso". Individual links appear to all be of class "tl". Drew 12:40, 8 June 2011 (MDT)
- Even easier than that. The <a> is always of class "l" so the following code will dump, in order, the list of google search results (assumes use of Firebug plugin for Firefox).
javascript:
var p=document.getElementsByTagName('*');
function gc()
{
for(i=0;i<p.length;i++){
if(p[i].className=='l'){
console.log(p[i].href);
}
};
};
gc();
- Now how do I get data out of the browser to the webs? Drew 14:19, 8 June 2011 (MDT)
- Ok, so jQuery must be able to do this. 'cause , ya know, AJAX. But how exactly? Drew 14:35, 8 June 2011 (MDT)
Random Ideas
- Geographic coordination
- Web service could use GeoIP to guess user location, associate results with that location
Technical References
- jQuery Bookmarklet Generator
- How to Create a jQuery Bookmarklet
- Numbering Google Search Results with JavaScript bookmark - difficult to read, but bookmarklet does something close to what we want
- Same origin policy Workarounds - we'll need to use one of these techniques to send results to the database
- Using Sinatra with Bundler to Deploy on Heroku - possible web service/database starting point (Heroku is free, and Sinatra is comparitively easy)
