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Re:The Grid: Certainly Misguided, Probably a Scam by Animats on Saturday August 29, 2015 @06:46PM (#10141614)
Thinking about it, I like the idea of using automated A/B testing to automatically drive layout optimization. That would be fascinating to watch. Provide the system with a supply of images and copy, maybe 5x as much content as the site shows, and let it optimize for maximum clicks.

Someone could probably get VC funding for that.

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Re:The Grid: Certainly Misguided, Probably a Scam by tomadi on Saturday August 29, 2015 @08:43PM (#10141875)
You just described exactly how the Amazon.com homepage works. I think they even published a paper about it.
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Re:The Grid: Certainly Misguided, Probably a Scam by Animats on Saturday August 29, 2015 @09:43PM (#10141978)
That's how most ad placement works, but it hasn't been applied to general layout.
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