Re:Uber Hires Former Google Search Chief Amit Singhal as SVP...
by tyingq on Saturday January 21, 2017 @10:56AM
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That's interesting, and would explain why no replacement was named for Matt.
I wonder how much they actually improved the webspam thing.
The search results you see today, versus years past, suggest a sort of "cheat" to do that...something like a seed set of trusted sites (big brands, universities, government sites, etc) , and weighting based on distance from those seeds.
I say that because I'll often get results that are heavy on authority, but low on relevance. What I'm looking for is on pages 2 and 3, on more niche, less prominent sites. It didn't used to be that way.
I wonder how much they actually improved the webspam thing.
The search results you see today, versus years past, suggest a sort of "cheat" to do that...something like a seed set of trusted sites (big brands, universities, government sites, etc) , and weighting based on distance from those seeds.
I say that because I'll often get results that are heavy on authority, but low on relevance. What I'm looking for is on pages 2 and 3, on more niche, less prominent sites. It didn't used to be that way.