Have you ever wanted to mark up Google search results? Well, now you can. Google recently launched SearchWiki, a way for individuals to customize search by re-ranking, deleting, adding, and commenting on search results.

Searchers can now move results that they like to the top of the Google results page, or add in a new site. Searchers can also write notes that can be attached to a particular site or remove results that they do not like. These modifications will be shown every time the searcher performs the same search in the future.

SearchWiki is available to searchers which are signed in to Google. The changes are stored in their Google Account and available from wherever the searcher is signed in. (If you are wondering if you are signed in, check to see if your username appears in the upper right-hand side of the page.) It is important to note that the changes you make only show up on your searches.

You can see how the community has collectively edited the search results by clicking on the “See all notes for this SearchWiki” link.

See a short video on SearchWiki at YouTube.

-Eric Schnell