PinnedDaniel TunkelangWhere Do LTR Labels Come From?My clients often express a desire to improve their ranking. This post sketches out challenges of obtaining labeled training data for LTR.Aug 6Aug 6
PinnedDaniel TunkelangHow to be a Search ConsultantIf you have thought about hiring a search consultant or working as one, you may have asked yourself what exactly search consultants do.Aug 21Aug 21
PinnedDaniel TunkelangAI-Powered Search: Embedding-Based Retrieval and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)Replacing traditional search with AI-powered search means embedding-based retrieval and possibly retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).Apr 83Apr 83
PinnedDaniel TunkelangPrecision, Recall, and DesirabilitySearch focuses on precision, recall, and desirability. AI mostly helps with the first two, which makes it possible to focus on the third.Feb 152Feb 152
PinnedDaniel TunkelangSemantic Equivalence of e-Commerce QueriesSemantic Equivalence of e-Commerce Queries by Aritra Mandal, Daniel Tunkelang, and Zhe Wu. KDD 2023 Workshop on E-Commerce and NLP (ECNLP).Aug 7, 20231Aug 7, 20231
Daniel TunkelangTake Searchers Seriously, Not LiterallyMany search developers take a literal approach to query understanding. Their misguided attempt to respect searcher intent can causes harm.4d ago4d ago
Daniel TunkelangHallucinating a Post-Search WorldWhen I first heard about 3D printing, I imagined a Star Trek replicator. How far can we take this digital 3D printing analogy?Aug 30Aug 30
Daniel TunkelangHandling Facets With Many ValuesFacets with many values require a selection strategy. Beyond supply and demand strategies are tactics like hierarchy and autocomplete.Aug 21Aug 21
Daniel TunkelangFacets, But Which Ones?This post explores deciding which facets a search application should present to searchers, using supply, demand, or curation as…Aug 15Aug 15
Daniel TunkelangSearching for DiscoveryThe relationship between search and discovery is complicated. Nonetheless, combining them effectively helps both searchers and the business.Aug 13Aug 13
