Google’s new customisable search feature

Google has launched a new feature called SearchWiki, which allows users to rearrange and customise their search results.

The idea is for users to be able to tailor searches they may frequently use. For example, if someone searches for cinema listings, they can make a preferred site always come first in the search results even if it would usually come further down the list in the natural search.

SearchWiki also lets users add URLs for sites they would like to show up in the search in future, remove results they are not interested in, and even allows users to make notes on sites for future searches.

The feature is only available when a user is signed in with their Google account and does not affect the way other users receive search results.

Any changes only affect users own searches, but SearchWiki also is also a great way to share insights with other searchers as you can see how the community has collectively edited a search result by clicking on the 'See all notes for this SearchWiki' link.